Jana Laird arrives in Hamara Nagar, India to claim her
inheritance- a property known as the Jolly Grant House. The local bagpiper is only the first of the neighbors to offer assistance as they work to
make the house inhabitable. Just as Jana, her ayah Mary, and her parrot are
feeling comfortable in their new locale, they receive word the government may be building a dam that will flood the town. To prevent obliteration, the
residents must prove their town's merit. Along with the newspaper editor, the
antiques dealer, and tailor, Jana believes their future might just rest on
fortune telling.
Set in 1960, the novel Jana
Bibi's Excellent Fortunes looks back through characters who lived with the
corruption of local bureaucrats, the colonization and leave-taking of the British,
and the Golden Age of Indian cinema. From
elevenses at the Why Not? Tea Shop
to the gossip at Royal Tailors to palm reads in the parlor, Betsy Woodman has
created a novel rich in scene and character.
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