Chandra: Escape to Freedom (New Windmills)

by Frances Mary Hendry (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2000

  $7.59

  My name is Chandra. And I'll not let it be forgotten. Eleven-year-old Chandra is about to be married to a boy five years older than her. Her parents are delighted; her father has chosen well for her, and Chandra is sure that they will be happy together, What could possibly go wrong to spoil their happiness?But when Chandra arrives to live with her new family, far away in the deserts of Rajasthan, she soon learns that things are far from how she expected. Faced with terrible rejection and hardship she feels her worth and identity slipping away. But she won't be broken and is determined to escape.

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  Paperback
  2004

  $3.21

  Chandra is looking forward to her arranged marriage - her new husband is open-minded and modern-thinking. But when he dies shortly after their wedding Chandra realizes that she is now the property of her husband's family who blame her for their son's death. She escapes into the desert and eventually finds her way home - but her husband's family are hot on her heels.