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WSQP - WASHINGTON SQUARE SPLENDOR OF SILENCE by SUNDARESAN
When Sam Hawthorne a twentyfiveyearold U.S. Army captain arrives at the princely state of Rudrakot in May of 1942 it is on a personal quest to find his missing brother. But Sams mission is soon threatened by the unlikeliest of sources he falls hopelessly in love with Mila daughter of the local political agent. And Mila unexpectedly attracted to Sam finds herself torn between loyalty to her family and the man she loves. A sweeping and poignant story of forbidden love The Splendor of Silence opens twentyone years later with Olivia Sams daughter receiving a trunk of treasures from India along with an anonymous letter that finally fills the silences of her childhood. She finally learns the heartrending story of her parents passionate and enduring love affair throwing them in the path of racial prejudice nationalist intrigue and the explosive circumstances of a country on the brink of independence from British rule.show more