Beautiful Place

Beautiful Place
Amanthi Harris
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NZ$ 42.99
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NZ$ 36.54
Paperback
h216 x 135mm - 320pg
15 Sep 2019 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9781784631932
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Beautiful Place is a novel about leaving and losing home and making family. It is about being oppressed and angry and wanting a better life - but how is a better life to be defined?The Villa Hibiscus is a house by the sea on the exquisite southern coast of Sri Lanka, home to Padma, a young Sri Lankan woman. The owner of the villa, Gerhardt, is an elderly Austrian architect to whom Padma was taken when young by her scheming father, Sunny, who had hoped to seduce the wealthy new foreigner in the area with his attractive child. Gerhardt adopts Padma and pays Sunny to stay away until she's grown up - when Gerhardt expects to have sent Padma to university, far away.But Padma fails her exams and is lonely in the city, gladly returning to her beloved old home by the sea. With Gerhardt's help she creates a guesthouse at the villa and soon guests start to arrive, opening new vistas for Padma through their friendship and love.Then Sunny appears, ready to reclaim his daughter...
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781784631932
Published: 15 Sep 2019
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Salt Publishing
Publisher: Salt Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 135mm
Pages: 320

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