Hearts Divided In the Raj - Brossura

Buffardi, Pat

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1418424765 ISBN 13: 9781418424763

Casa editrice: AuthorHouse, 2004

Riassunto

From the barren plains of CentralIndia, living hard-by the railway tracks in her stationmaster grandfather'shome, along the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, to an island home in SouthernIndia with her naval officer father, Patricia McGready-Buffardipresents a colourful kaleidoscope of her"mixed-breed" family, before and after The Raj; the turbulence within theAnglo-Indian community; her father's career in the fledgling Indian Navy andhis agony over the division of it at Independence; and the division ofAnglo-Indian hearts throughout the subcontinent. Moving from port to port withher family, she provides comic relief in the form of an old English Vauxhall,their travels across the vast subcontinent frustrating but wondrous. Spanning fourgenerations of the McGready family her memoir, although intensely personal, isa historical tour de force.Growing up in India for twodecades she jumped the prickly fences of two societies, British and Indian. Like"pish-pash," a mushy but tasty mix of over-cooked rice, lentils and left-overs, popular with Anglo-Indian children across the country,she enjoyed a delicious concoction of both cultures. As a child, hergrandfather told stories of his boyhood and his own father's passion for therailways, an intimate portrait of a simple pioneering family. Rich in detail,the memoir is a prism of days lost forever on the subcontinent, since theAnglo-Indian race is fast dwindling...with the inter-marriages of the newgeneration around the globe. In short, a race that is almost extinct.

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Born in Nagpur,India, in 1941, Patricia McGready-Buffardi jumped theprickly fences of two societies but like "pish-pash,"a mushy but tasty mixture of over-cooked rice and lentils, popular withAnglo-Indian children across the vast subcontinent, she enjoyed a deliciousconcoction of both cultures...British and Indian. From the barren plans of Central India, living hard-by the railway tracks in her stationmastergrandfather's home, along the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, to an island homein Southern India with her naval officer father, shepresents a kaleidoscope of her "mixed-breed" family, before and after The Raj. Moving from port to port, she provides comic relief inthe form of an old English Vauxhall, her family's travels and travailsfrustrating but wondrous. Rich in detail, the memoir is a prism of dayslost forever on the subcontinent, since the Anglo-Indian race is now almostextinct, with the inter-marriages of the new generation around the globe. Theauthor has lived in the United Statessince 1966. With a Bachelor's Degree in English (Creative Writing), and workingas a freelance columnist for the New Orleans Times Picayune (St. TammanyEdition), she finally felt ready to pen her memoir, which begins and ends in India.Although she and her husband, Lou Buffardi, have travelled extensively they now live on the Pacific WestCoast in Port Orchard, Washington.

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Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: AuthorHouse
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1418424765
• ISBN 13: 9781418424763
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 368
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile