THE SLEEPING DICTIONARY

Saga set in late Raj India

"Sleeping dictionary" was the term for young Indian women who slept with British men and educated them in the ways of India. Set between 1925 and the end of World War II, THE SLEEPING DICTIONARY is the story of Kamala, an ambitious and vibrant young woman, born to peasants in the West Bengal countryside, and her rise to a central role in the Indian independence movement in Calcutta. A saga and a passionate love story, it is told against a background of huge political, social, and cultural upheaval. Sujata Banerjee Massey is the author of nine mysteries published by HarperCollins. Her work has been published in England, Australia, Finland, Holland, Japan, Poland, Russia, Thailand, Germany (Piper), Spain, Australia, Italy, Romania, and Norway. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University, she worked at the Baltimore Evening Sun for five years. She was born in England to a father from Calcutta and a mother from Germany and now lives in Baltimore with her husband and two children. article about Sujata Massey from Sunday's The Baltimore Sun: http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/arts/bs-ae-massey-profile-20130909,0,4665833.story.