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Louise Brown has lived in Nepal and travelled extensively in India, sparking her enduring love of South Asia. She was a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Asian Studies at the University of Birmingham, where she worked for nearly twenty years. In research for her critically acclaimed non-fiction books she's witnessed revolutions and even stayed in a Lahore brothel with a family of traditional courtesans. Louise has three grown-up children and lives in Birmingham.
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I was transported to the heat of India -- Janet Gilliard * Lovereading * Faithfully researched, colourfully rendered... a vivid and compelling read * Sunday Irish Independent *
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