Ruth Padel's debut novel is the story of Rosamund, a woman in her forties who is forced to realise that her marriage - indeed her whole life - is a sham. Her husband is serially unfaithful and her teenage son is a lost soul who has no respect for his father, and spends his days smoking dope. Rosamund's best friend, Irena, suggests that she spends some time in India to sort out her life. Rosamund was brought up in India by her biologist father, so it has a strong attraction for her. And by chance, Irena's husband Alan (who is a specialist in snakes) is already based there, doing research. Rosamund takes Irena's advice and goes out to India, where she encounters the beauty of the wildlife, but also witnesses its devastation through poaching, pollution and corruption. She also finds, to her consternation, that she is falling in love with Alan...
- ISBN10 0753186969
- ISBN13 9780753186961
- Publish Date 1 September 2010 (first published 4 February 2010)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher ISIS Publishing
- Imprint ISIS Large Print Books
- Edition Large type / large print edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 464
- Language English