The Lost diamond /
McGurl, Kathleen
The Lost diamond / Kathleen McGurl - 280 pages ; 20 cm
India, 1947: Celia Fforbes-Whyte remembers little about her beloved mother, but she will never forget how the family's prized diamond, the Chamakta Sitara, glistened at her throat. The diamond has been part of the family for as long as she can remember, but growing voices begin to ask whether it should ever have belonged to them at all? With danger closing in on the eve of Indian independence, Celia's father makes a drastic choice - to protect his family, the diamond must disappear without a trace.
9780008591700
Families -- Fiction.
823.92 MCG
The Lost diamond / Kathleen McGurl - 280 pages ; 20 cm
India, 1947: Celia Fforbes-Whyte remembers little about her beloved mother, but she will never forget how the family's prized diamond, the Chamakta Sitara, glistened at her throat. The diamond has been part of the family for as long as she can remember, but growing voices begin to ask whether it should ever have belonged to them at all? With danger closing in on the eve of Indian independence, Celia's father makes a drastic choice - to protect his family, the diamond must disappear without a trace.
9780008591700
Families -- Fiction.
823.92 MCG