{"product_id":"butterfly-in-the-wind","title":"Butterfly In The Wind","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis fictionalised autobiography gives a richly woven portrait of Kamla''s life from early childhood to the point where she leaves her family, Pasea village and Trinidad to attend university in the UK. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt gives a vivid and inward picture of a Caribbean community still in touch with its roots, seen from the developing perspective of a young woman at the crossroads of diverse social, cultural and religious influences. The portrait bears witness to the moral strengths of the community as well as showing Kamla''s growing awareness of the repressions and hypocrisies of its treatment of women. From early in her life Kamla is surprised by a contrary inner voice which frequently gainsays the wisdom of her elders and betters. But Kamla is growing up in a traditional Hindu community and attending schools in colonial Trinidad where rote learning is still the order of the day. She learns that this voice creates nothing but trouble and silences it. In this book the voice is freed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the 1940s, \u003ci\u003eButterfly in the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e was enthusiastically received when it first appeared in 1990. Its portrayal of a passage from childhood to young womanhood was praised by \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e as \"a sweet-natured book which is above all a tremendous celebration of life\". \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e praised it for \"the empathy with which Lakshmi Persaud writes of the natural world... and Hindu customs\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLakshmi Persaud\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1939 in Trinidad. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eButterfly in the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSastra\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFor the Love of My Name\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57393652498814,"sku":"NW9780948833366","price":12.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780948833366.jpg?v=1778654050","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/butterfly-in-the-wind","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}