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The Sun in the Morning: The Autobiography of M.M. Kaye
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M.M. Kaye
In volume one of her autobiography, bestselling novelist Kaye (The Far Pavilions, at age 82, recalls her 10 years of idyllic childhood in India as a time in paradise, and her nine years of adolescence in England as a time in purgatory. Although written with gushing, romantic enthusiasm, her kaleidoscopic story of a long-lost innocence just before and after World War I help
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Paperback
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Large Print
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634 pages
Published
January 1st 1992
by John Curley & Associates
(first published September 1990)
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Wow. I really milked this one out. Three months, that's
insane!
But it wasn't because I didn't like it, more that I savored it in small bedtime size portions.
If you're at all remotely interested in the Raj or India in general at the turn of the century, you must read this. M.M.Kaye lived a fascinating life and was able to see and experience things before the "march of progress " changed everything; and thankfully she possessed a photographic memory and could then share her lifetime of adventures ...more
If you're at all remotely interested in the Raj or India in general at the turn of the century, you must read this. M.M.Kaye lived a fascinating life and was able to see and experience things before the "march of progress " changed everything; and thankfully she possessed a photographic memory and could then share her lifetime of adventures ...more
"The Delhi that still keeps a firm hold on my heart is no more than a memory, though even now, returning to it, there have been moments when for a brief space at dusk I have heard a peacock calling from among the shadowy thickets of the Ridge, and found myself back in imagination in the dear city of my childhood and my gay, careless, dancing teens and twenties."
Wonderful. I love the way she tells stories. My favorite parts were the places she pointed out the fascinating, real-life stories from her father's life which she used in her fiction books.
Oh to have lived this woman's fascinating, globe-trotting life.
The Sun in the Morning is the autobiography of author M.M. Kaye's childhood in India during the waning days of the British Raj.
The Writing was vivid and sparkling. I could see the snow-capped Himalayas, the bright saris, birds, and butterflies, the ruined palaces and forts, the ethereal Taj Mahal; I could smell the fangipani, the jasmine, and the spices of the bazaars. Kaye paints such beautiful pictures with words. She also beautifully captured the bliss of a childhood spent freely roaming and ...more
The Writing was vivid and sparkling. I could see the snow-capped Himalayas, the bright saris, birds, and butterflies, the ruined palaces and forts, the ethereal Taj Mahal; I could smell the fangipani, the jasmine, and the spices of the bazaars. Kaye paints such beautiful pictures with words. She also beautifully captured the bliss of a childhood spent freely roaming and ...more
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Recommended to Megan by:
Marilyn Elison
I have enjoyed M.M. Kaye's fiction, so I was very interested in hearing about her life growing up in British India at the turn of the 20th century. This first volume of her autobiography did not disappoint. Her lifestyle and pursuits were fascinating, and it was also interesting to see how she adjusted to living in England when she was sent there for her schooling at around age 11. For me, Kaye's experiences raised a few questions about how much freedom parents should give their children. It mad
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What a childhood this author had! To have lived in even half the wonderful locations she did would be magical, although she experienced a few things I would give a pass in my own life. Have now ordered Volumes 2 and 3 of her autobiography.
Went through and read every M.M. Kaye book many years ago. I remember I loved all of them.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, especially the accounts of Simla and Delhi during her childhood. She loves India and the way she writes about it has reawakened my fascination for the country (where I myself lived for a few years of the last decade). She writes unpretentiously and also with refreshing honesty about the detail of her own early life, of her experience of India and of what it was like to return to England to go to school at the age of around 11. I'm looking forward to reading the ot
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Her life is like a novel. On to next one!
I enjoyed this even if I didn't want to. This privileged woman, romanticizing British rule in India, didn't seem to live in reality to me, but I read it anyway and felt it was a nostalgic look at someone's life who really did not have a difficult life as compared to Indians. Still, it was a good read and a good look at something I was totally unfamiliar with.
This and the other two books of M.M.Kaye's autobiography - which she completed when she was over 90 years old - present a fascinating picture of the life of the British in India at the end of the Raj; it is interesting to compare this view with modern India!
Having read The Far Pavilions once I am now reading it again after reading this autobiography of MM Kaye's childhood. It helps me to see where she found her stories and gives a fascinating picture of India during the Raj.
Molly Kaye is probably my favorite author -- I loved her Far Pavilions! What a plot! And this is very interesting as she recounts her childhood in India. You'll want to read the other two books, but I forget what the titles are.
It's such an, well, I would say idyllic, but that's not Mollie Kaye, all right, charming story of a childhood in a time that would be nothing but history to the rest of us...I thoroughly enjoyed this!
I so wanted to like this book, and purposely went past the 50-page-limit thinking it had to get better, but by page 200 I threw in the towel. Sorry Mrs. K.
I wanted to like this book but I couldn't get into it. Maybe if I had persisted it would have gotten more interesting, but I gave up on it.
Best autobiography ever - love her writing, love all her books, but her life story transcends them all - she's become part of my family.
No holds barred look at her childhood, from her Mrs. Bennett type mother, brilliant father, and a host of the Raj.
what a fascinating life - knowing her story makes her "novels" even more interesting and appreciated
Loved this autobiographical account of an English child growing up in Colonial India
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M. M. Kaye (Mary Margaret) was born in India and spent her early childhood and much of her early-married life there. Her family ties with the country are strong: her grandfather, father, brother and husband all served the British Raj. After India's independence, her husband, Major-General Goff Hamilton of Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (the famous Indian Army regiment featured in The Far Pav
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