In what ways does this sexual innocence harm them? What cultural or antiquated attitudes contribute to the gap between what’s expected of them and what’s shared with them?ĥ. Ci Ci Mallinson and Daisy Barker each act as guides, though of very different sorts. How do the sensual descriptions of India contrast with those of England? How do the descriptions and images of daily life differ?Ĥ. Rose and Tor have no education and little information to prepare them for relationships with men. What constitutes home for each? Discuss the thrills and perils of being a young woman in the Fishing Fleet, leaving home for the unknown.ģ. The author frequently uses rich, colorful imagery to describe the exotic sights of India.
Viva and Tor thrive in the foreign setting and relative freedom of India, while Rose’s new life is tinged with nostalgia. Contrast the homes that the girls leave behind with the ones that they create. What does she expect to discover? What life does she want to create for herself? How does that change over the course of the novel?Ģ. The notion of home is an important theme in the novel. We hope that these ideas will enrich your conversation and increase your enjoyment of the book.ġ. Viva’s decision to return to India is a complicated one. The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion. This reading group guide for East of the Sun includes discussion questions, ideas for enhancing your book club, and a Q&A with author Julia Gregson.
This is a book that has it all: glorious detail, fascinating characters, and masterful storytelling. And shadowing them all is the malevolent presence of a disturbed schoolboy named Guy Glover.įrom the parties of the wealthy Bombay socialites to the poverty of Tamarind Street, from the sooty streets of London to the genteel conversation of the Bombay Yacht Club, East of the Sun takes us back to a world we hardly understand but yearn to know. Her bridesmaid, Victoria, is hell-bent on losing her virginity en route before finding a husband of her own. There’s Rose, as beautiful as she is naïve, who plans to marry a cavalry officer she has met a mere handful of times.
The inexperienced chaperone Viva Holloway has been entrusted to watch over three unsettling charges. They are part of the “Fishing Fleet”-the name given to the legions of English women who sail to India each year in search of husbands, heedless of the life that awaits them. From award winner Julia Gregson, author of Jasmine Nights, this sweeping international bestseller brilliantly captures the lives of three young women on their way to a new life in India during the 1920s.Īs the Kaisar-I-Hind weighs anchor for Bombay in the autumn of 1928, its passengers ponder their fate in a distant land.
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