Where the Peacocks Sing: A Palace, a Prince and the Search for Home
Alison Singh Gee
2013, 279 pages
Nonfiction
Here’s an unusual memoir that I think you’ll like. Alison Gee has a wonderful life. A magazine writer in Hong Kong, she’s young, pretty, has a rich British boyfriend, and loves going to parties. But something is missing. When she meets quiet, charming Ajay Singh, an Indian journalist, they fall in love, and she gives up much of her former life. As Alison’s journey continues she realizes that her “prince” and his family live in a crumbling 100-room “palace” in rural India. Alison struggles to understand Ajay’s baffling family and their different traditions and culture. Alison is creative, talented, funny, and usually dressed in completely inappropriate high heels! And she is searching for a place that feels like home.
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