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"�A charming book, memorable�� - Sunday Times When World War I began in 1914, sisters Jon and Rumer Godden - aged six and seven respectively - left England to join their parents in Narayangunj, a village in Bengal. There, the sisters led an idyllic life: they put up plays; wrote books; and spent summers in Coonoor, Mussoorie, Kashmir and Darjeeling. And, in a memorable journey, they spent a week on the Hooghly, sailing home from Calcutta via the Sundarbans. It was also in Narayangunj that the idyll soured - just before they left for England in 1919 - and the sisters grew apart after a fistfight over the affections of a man. Written with a child�s candour and wide-eyed sense of wonder, Two under the Indian Sun is not just a remarkable chronicle of a shared childhood, but also a vivid picture of everyday life in India of the early 1900s. About the Author Rumer Godden was an English author with more than sixty books, fiction and non-fiction, to her credit. She is still known for her bestselling novels, Black Narcissus, The River, A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep and A House with Four Rooms. Jon Godden, Rumer�s elder sister, was also a writer. Her works include The Bird Escaped, The House by the Sea and A Winter's Tale. The two sisters collaborated on several widely acclaimed works, including Shiva's Pigeon and Indian Dust.