The Scarlet Thread de Rachel Barton - 1992

Virago, London, 1987. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. this is the story of Sita, (a pseudonym ) who was born in a small village in 1958 in northern India and to at the age of 15 left India to travel alone to England where she met her future husband for the first time. The marriage was arranged, and a terrible, tragic mistake. By the age of 19 she had 2 young children to care for as well as herself and required a supreme effort of courage and determination for her to escape the marriage and begin life afresh as a single woman. Her story as related by Rachel is a devastating account of the hidden suffering of a young Indian woman in contemporary Britain. – Paraphrasing the rear panel blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 151 pages. The book is a very good secondhand book with reading creases to the spine, and darkening of the page edges, and bookseller sticker on the rear panel.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity… Leer más

Virago, 1987-06-10. paperback. Good. 5x1x8. Book is in good condition. Previous owner's name is stamped on a page at the front of the book. Slight discolouration to the pages.