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Meet Me in Bombay

All he needs is to find her. First, he must remember who she is.

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Meet Me in Bombay

By: Jenny Ashcroft
Narrated by: Aysha Kala
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 THE BRAND NEW NOVEL FROM BESTSELLER JENNY ASHCROFT

'Moving and beautifully written, this enchanting story of love and loss touched my heart'
DINAH JEFFERIES

'Emotional, evocative and enthralling'
KATE FURNIVALL

'An epic, bittersweet love story that will draw you in and grip you to the last page'
GILL PAUL

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All he needs is to find her. First he must remember who she is.

An injured soldier has lost everything, even his past. His dreams hint at his old life; flashes of a woman. His only wish is to return to her, but will his broken mind let him? And will she still be waiting for him, if it does?

Back at the start of 1914, at a party on the shores of Bombay, Madeline Bright and Luke Devereaux meet. Strangers in a foreign world, in the sweltering heat and colour of colonial India they fall in love. They want to believe nothing can come between them, not even the disapproval of Maddy's mother. But war looms and Luke, like so many, has no choice but to fight.

Maddy's mother urges her to move on. Yet still she clings to the promise Luke left her with: that the two of them will meet again in Bombay...

Meet Me in Bombay is a story of fierce love set against the exotic and colourful world of colonial Bombay and the tragedy of the First World War. Perfect for fans of Dinah Jefferies, Lucinda Riley and Kate Furnivall.

Praise for Jenny Ashcroft:

Praise for Jenny Ashcroft:
'Beautifully described . . . a moving love story.' Tracy Rees
'An evocative, absorbing story... A rich and satisfying read..' Gill Paul
'This lushly detailed debut is a summer-must read.' Red
'Impossible to put this book down.' Kate Riordan©2019 Jenny Ashcroft 20th Century Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Romance Heartfelt Tear-jerking War

Critic reviews

From the first intriguing chapter I was hooked. I felt as if I was there in the sparkling night-time scenes, or breathing in the heady scents of the market, avoiding the pungent alleyways, and feeling the heat of Bombay, a heat that catches in your throat. Moving and beautifully written, this enchanting story of love and loss touched my heart. (Dinah Jefferies)
Glorious and heart wrenching. This is a powerful, poignant and deeply emotional tale of love, mystery, loss and joy.
An epic, bittersweet love story that will draw you in and grip you to the last page. Lush, steamy colonial Bombay is beautifully evoked. (Gill Paul)
My heart! This book was sumptuous and hooked me from the first page. I fell in love with Luke and loved sprightly Maddy. The location was beautifully exotic and the storyline just compelling. I loved it. So perfectly written. (Lorna Cook)
One of those rare and wonderful books that truly draws you into another place and time, word perfect, pitch perfect, detail perfect... Anyone who truly loves historical fiction should run to buy a copy of Meet Me in Bombay today. (Lauren Willig)
Gorgeous writing, lush setting, and three-dimensional characters that make up the rare unputdownable novel... Meet Me in Bombay is the kind of book that will give readers a book hangover long after they've turned the last page, leaving them aching for more. (Karen White)
I loved everything about Meet Me in Bombay, from its profound sense of time and place to its vivid characters and lyrical voice, taking the reader on an exhilarating journey from colonial India to the battlefields of the First World War to the intricate workings of memory. This is a novel both epic and intimate, in which grand historical forces are played out on the territory of the human heart. Ashcroft delivers a stunning story that echoes long after you turn the final page. (Beatriz Williams)
Meet Me in Bombay is brilliantly plotted, exquisitely written, poignant and perfect. I finished the book with tears rolling down my cheeks, and it will stay with me for a long time. I'm sure it will enchant readers far and wide (Iona Grey)
I really loved Meet Me in Bombay. It's a wonderfully moving novel with a story that keeps you guessing right to the final paragraph. The heat of Bombay blazes off the page and the characters, especially Maddy and Alice, are so vividly evoked that I felt their joy and their pain intensely. I was absolutely glued to the book and couldn't stop reading. (Rachel Hore)
Just the kind of luscious, sweeping story I most adore ... I was desperate to rush through the book to find out what happens in the end but at the same time I wanted to dwell in the pages forever.
A beautiful and evocative read ... truly is a feast for the senses
An exquisite love story, sumptuous and so moving. A WONDERFUL book!
All stars
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Spoiled by the reader's very arrogant and snobish sounding accent even for lovely Luke .

Excellent story but poor interpretation

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I just love Jenny's books and the first two were narrated by Emma Powell who was a great narrator and made you live the story but I'm afraid I just couldn't like Aysha Kala's narration. She just didn't bring it to life for me and her pronounciation of some words just grated on me. Please return to Emma Powell for the next one

Book 3

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I enjoyed the very intricately woven story and it took me back.to what I know about India.

a good listen totally engaging

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This author is new to me but I can't get passed chapter 8 because of the terrible narration, so probably a 2 star for the story maybe unfair. Very stilted and monotonous with pauses in the wrong places and read as though Aysha hadn't read book beforehand. By the end of chapter 7 I was ready to pull my hair out - only two characters Luke and Maddy and all it seemed to be was .....pause he said, .....pause she said, he said, she said, he said, she said, when just a character voice definition could have been used to distinguish which of the two said what. Abandoned I am afraid.

Terrible narration

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He said she said he asked... I can't listen to any more stilted conversation.. When 2 people are talking to each other it isn't necessary to say he said.. In some reviews the narrator is criticised but its the way its written not the way she's reading it..

Too much he said she said

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