This is definitely my kind of book - historic fiction, set in Renaissance Venice, main character is a chef's apprentice, lots of food discussions, what was there not to like? The book also has an exciting plot, centering around a 'book' that tells the secrets of Christianity and what REALLY happened...
The Sandalwood Tree tells two entwining stories of Western women in India at different times. The main story is that of American woman Evie, living in India in 1947 with her Fulbright scholar husband Martin and son Billy. A veteran of liberating the concentration camps in WW2, Martin is suffering ...
Books that tackle many different issues can sometimes seem choppy, contrived and/or be lacking in substance. This book though, was successful in weaving the past and the present together while taking on the horrors of war, struggles with societal norms and colonialism along with grief, loneliness a...
This is one of those books that left me feeling lukewarm. Nice descriptions of Venice, the food and the culture of the people who lived during the Renaissance but the writing and the plot left much to be desired. The writing was just to juvenile for my taste it read to much like a children's book. P...
Blurb:A sweeping novel that brings to life two love stories, ninety years apart, set against the rich backdrop of war-torn India.In 1947, American historian and veteran of WWII, Martin Mitchell, wins a Fulbright Fellowship to document the end of British rule in India. His wife, Evie, convinces him t...
The Sandalwood Tree is the first book in my The Transworld Book Group Reading Challenge.Evie and Martin are travelling by train in India to get to the village of Masoorla where they will be based while Martin, an historian, will be reporting on Partition. Evie tells us the sights she sees on this j...
I couldn't help kinda sorta feeling that this book was intentionally crafted to appeal to Sarah Waters fans. But my feeling could be attributed to the fact that I had Waters' 'The Little Stranger next on my queue, and was impatient to start it. The Sandalwood Tree isn't as good as Waters - but it's ...
This book is not going to happen for me. If I had more than one day off, I would give it more of a try, but as it is... no. :(
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