Kindness has incredible consequences in this compelling novel set in
colonial India from a "master storyteller" (Publishers Weekly) and
National Book Award-winning author.
It is India, 1918, six months after the end of World War I, and Rosalind
awaits the return of her father from the war. Rosalind is kept from
boarding school in England at her mother's insistence. While her father
has been at war, Rosalind sees the country slowly change. A man named
Ghandi is coming to power, talking about nonviolence and independence
from Britain. Rosalind longs to live the life that her heart tells her,
not what her parents prescribe for her, but no one seems to listen.
This penetrating story, told with lush and vivid detail, contrasts
Rosalind's privilege and daily experiences in India with the hardship of
the people around her. As she comes of age during this volatile period
of history, will she find the courage to claim her own identity and
become her own person?
National Book Award-winning author Gloria Whelan's "insight into history
and her characters' minds make every moment of this saga believable"
(Publishers Weekly, starred review). This paperback edition includes
an excerpt of All My Noble Dreams and Then What Happens, the
standalone companion to Small Acts of Amazing Courage.