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This is a collection of letters between two women whose friendship spans the globe and cuts through the differing traditions of East and West. College professors from England and India, each woman faces her own cultural "danger": in the West, the roller-coaster search for romantic love, and in the East, the apparent prison and spiritual death of arranged marriage.
Taken from correspondence during a year in which the Indian woman considers an arranged marriage, the authors explore the myths of romantic love, the implications of courtship, the role of female friendship, and possibility of platonic friendships, alternatives for intimacy, and how the romantic quest echoes the spiritual quest. Thought-provoking and engaging, the letters have the insight of sociological research and the liveliness of an all-night gab fest.
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Ivy George grew up in India and moved to the United States as a young adult. She has a Ph.D. in Social Policy and teaches at Gordon College. She lives in Massachusetts.
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Margaret Masson was born in Zambia and moved to Britain as an adolescent. She is Senior Tutor at St. John's College and part-time lecturer in English and theology at Durham University in England. She lives in Durham.
A joy to read. -- The Expository Times, Edinburgh
Alternately insightful, thought-provoking and wryly amusing. -- The Catholic Weekly (Australia)
Gripping as a narrative, beautifully written, and above all thoughtfully challenging of much we have almost come to accept culturally. -- Anvil
It was deeply satisfying for me that I could empathize with both the authors quite well. -- Khabar Magazine
Uncommonly thought provoking, beautifully written and fascinating. -- The Daily News, Newburyport, MA
Alternately insightful, thought-provoking and wryly amusing. -- The Catholic Weekly (Australia)
Gripping as a narrative, beautifully written, and above all thoughtfully challenging of much we have almost come to accept culturally. -- Anvil
It was deeply satisfying for me that I could empathize with both the authors quite well. -- Khabar Magazine
Uncommonly thought provoking, beautifully written and fascinating. -- The Daily News, Newburyport, MA
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- PublisherPaulist Pr
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 0809105004
- ISBN 13 9780809105007
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages192
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