Change of Address

Title: Change of Address
Author: Lee Langley
Publisher: Mandarin Paperbacks 1995

It is a story of a mother and daughter, set in the background of the first half of the last century, before, during & after WWII in both India & Britain.

There are two interesting aspects of this book.

First, the historical background of the story. It was a time when the British empire went from the empire of never setting sun to a sun set. With Gandhi leading the independence movement in India, British were finding it less & less to rule this colony. More and more violence against the British. Eventually, as everybody also knows, the British left this Asia sub-continent and returned to their home land. The author didn't depict the events directly, but rather, through a little girls eyes, and mouth, uttered out what life was like for an ordinary British family in that country, at that time.

Second, the book, in great detail, describes a mother who is lazy, over-spending, over-zealous, a woman of no honour, ignorant, negligent about her duty as a mother.

As a whole, I don't like this novel very much. It is a bit boring, not something joyful to read.