MarleneTC
Heemstede
A review of this — 2 years ago
I am so glad I discovered this author. My first read by her was The Linnet Bird. My favorite book of 2006 (2005?)
The way she writes, she draws you into the story.
The Linnet Bird has it all. romance, history, mystery.
The Moonlit Cage is just as good.
Synopsis
Set in 1850s Afghanistan, and moving from there to India and London, Linda Holeman’s second novel is an epic story of one woman’s escape from persecution, and search for a better life. Darya is the beautiful, passionate fugitive escaping a vicious husband and the wrath of her remote Afghani village. When she stumbles across a mysterious young stranger in the mountains whilst escaping from her husband she is captivated – and falls in love. But David, the young man she meets, is not perhaps the answer she seeks for David’s story began long ago, and both he and Darya will have to overcome many obstacles in their search for happiness.
This story is intwined with her first (adult) book The Linnet Bird. You can read thiswithout having read The Linnet Bird though. It is a complete different story. You learn a lot about the way they lived but at the end you will meet some people from the first book.
Highly recommend
!I am so glad I discovered this author. My first read by her was The Linnet Bird. My favorite book of 2006 (2005?)
The way she writes, she draws you into the story.
The Linnet Bird has it all. romance, history, mystery.
The Moonlit Cage is just as good.
Synopsis
Set in 1850s Afghanistan, and moving from there to India and London, Linda Holeman’s second novel is an epic story of one woman’s escape from persecution, and search for a better life. Darya is the beautiful, passionate fugitive escaping a vicious husband and the wrath of her remote Afghani village. When she stumbles across a mysterious young stranger in the mountains whilst escaping from her husband she is captivated – and falls in love. But David, the young man she meets, is not perhaps the answer she seeks for David’s story began long ago, and both he and Darya will have to overcome many obstacles in their search for happiness.
This story is entwined with her first (adult) book The Linnet Bird. You can read this without having read The Linnet Bird though. It is a complete different story. You learn a lot about the way they lived but at the end you will meet some people from the first book.
Highly recommend
