Flowers in the Blood

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Summary: Exotic account of little-known part of world history
Review: "Flowers in the Blood" enthralled me. Aside from its being well written and engaging from the very first page, it is an exotic account of a little know piece of world history: the J opium trade in turn-of-the-century India. In addition, its descriptions of the countryside, the mountains, the cities of that place and time make "Flowers in the Blood" an armchair adventure. I was drained by the end of the journey.

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Summary: I remember everything so vividly!!
Review: "Flowers in the Blood" enthralled me. Aside from its being well written and engaging from the very first page, it is an exotic account of a little know piece of world history: the J opium trade in turn-of-the-century India. In addition, its descriptions of the countryside, the mountains, the cities of that place and time make "Flowers in the Blood" an armchair adventure. I was drained by the end of the journey.

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Summary: Precocious Little Girl Becomes An Empowered Women
Review: From the moment that I began reading this book, I related to the main character, Dinah Sasson. At 5 years old, she said what was on her mind. And she asked questions that her father became mesmorized by.

And as she grew,in every sense of the word, she developed a resolve that became the final word.

While this novel is 630 pages, when you read it, you really will feel like you are there, part of each of the families, the business, the culture, and all the drama.

There were so many "lines," that I have picked up from this author, Gay Courter, in several of her books, that have become part of my life.

I especially appreciate a line in this book that says, "Advise me well in this matter, but don't advise me against it."

The power of that assertion says that we must seek the advise of experts, while we maintain boundaries, and while we make decisions based upon who we are.

I also learned from reading this novel how to be political and quick witted, while I remain true to what I believe.

Rating:
Summary: Precocious Little Girl Becomes An Empowered Women
Review: From the moment that I began reading this book, I related to the main character, Dinah Sasson. At 5 years old, she said what was on her mind. And she asked questions that her father became mesmorized by.

And as she grew,in every sense of the word, she developed a resolve that became the final word.

While this novel is 630 pages, when you read it, you really will feel like you are there, part of each of the families, the business, the culture, and all the drama.

There were so many "lines," that I have picked up from this author, Gay Courter, in several of her books, that have become part of my life.

I especially appreciate a line in this book that says, "Advise me well in this matter, but don't advise me against it."

The power of that assertion says that we must seek the advise of experts, while we maintain boundaries, and while we make decisions based upon who we are.

I also learned from reading this novel how to be political and quick witted, while I remain true to what I believe.

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Summary: I remember everything so vividly!!
Review: I read this book almost two years ago. Since then I have read quite a number of novels but Flowers in the Blood still stands out as an all time favorite. I rememeber the characters and the story so vividly. Dinah Sasson's strong character and her ethics. The story was even more appealing to me since my husband is from India and is Jewish. Events and situations in this novel coincided with many of the stories I had heard from him and his family during their period in India. Very good story.