A Child Widow’s Story

A Child Widow’s Story

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Book Specification

Item Code: NAG624
Author: Monica Felton
Publisher: Katha
Language: English
Edition: 2003
ISBN: 9788187649915
Pages: 280
Cover: Paperback
Other Details 8 inch X 5.5 inch
Weight 360 gm

Book Description

Back of the Book

“It was a hot afternoon in May in 1961 when I went there for the first time, and the bougainvilleas which climbed over the facade of Sister Subbalakshmi’s house were all in bloom ... Just as I reached the veranda wall, I saw Sister sitting on the swing, swaying’ gently backwards and forwards...”

Monica Felton, after a lifetime devoted to public service in England, had been in Madras for a little over four years when one of Sister Subbalakshmi’s nephews suggested that she should try to persuade the old lady to tell her the story of her life. Intimidated at first by the prospect of doing so, she was pleasantly surprised to find a beautiful and charming lady. The first meeting was to be followed by many others and the result is this stirring and engaging biography of one of India’s greatest social reformers who changed the lives of the young child widows of southern India forever.

Contents

Looking Backward

7

The Education of Subbalakshmi

13

The Widows’ Home

96

Living in the World

172

Looking Forward

271

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