This was a brilliant read. As soon as I started reading this book I just knew I was going to love it. Highly recommended

This book started with so much promise, but it seemed to peter out about halfway through the book and I was ultimately a bit disappointed.

Thanks Headline and netgalley for this ARC.

History repeats itself but disasters do too. This novel reminds us of our responsibility to the whole world not just where we live. Love, grief, adventure, and family

I really love the cover. And the blurb enticed me too!

I wanted to get my mind set for this read because we are talking NOT WOMEN in the U.K.

This is Himalaya, India, Nepal and Tibet in the 1930s.
Life, culture is so different.
Women and children are treate differently.

Ellie may have a British husband but he's very overbearing and controlling. He wants control and Ellie does all his bidding and filfills his needs and wants.
They have twin of the tender age of 10 months. They are fair in hair color.

It's a case of, what you see isn't all what it seems. Because although to intense purposes they look like a happy couple it's very deceiving.

The bit that had my mouth gaping open was when the earthquake took place. How would you feel if you could save just one of your children?
I was so in that heartbreaking decision with her.

When Ellie returns later to recover the body of her son it's to find someone has taken it.
She doesn't turn to her husband though.

All in all, just who wins out in strength of courage, in the search for the body of her son.

Beautiful scenic narration, outstanding storytelling at its best with such emotion.

A must read.
My thanks to Headline for my copy

This was a really evocative and insightful read into the lifestyle of British colonialists, Tibet and a region of the world that remains to many as it ever did. The journey to Nepal and Tibet is fraught with danger and evocative descriptions of what a journey must have been like. Imagine doing this as an American woman, in a world that taught women what they should and shouldn’t do. The husband controls her and she travels far and wide to do his bidding. When tragedy strikes however, you realise who the stronger person is.

The landscape and backstory to this region is very much part of the story – mysterious and a region where not many people have been to and back then it was practically mythical! To venture here and then to lose a child, then the search for that child was an epic story, full of emotion and suspense. How far would you go to find your child? Across mountains in Tibet?

It was a very visual read and I was captivated by the dust and heat of the pages, and I swear I could see the views as the novel peaked. A journey into the unknown and I feel I’ve discovered something new about this mysterious region now.

A wonderful saga set in the dramatic backdrop of the Himalayas starting in India through to Nepal and Tibet in the 1930's. You can feel the isolation and beauty. A great insight into the lives of the colonists during this period. Great characters written so well to love and despise. Ellie is a fantastic woman - strong and determined and literally crosses a mountain to find her child. Some lovely light moments as in the descriptions of the Nanny and some heartbreaking ones also. I loved this book and recommend to those who enjoy historical fiction.