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How far can a special ability take you from your roots without damaging or destroying you? That's one of the fascinating threads in Sharon Maas' new exotic saga.
Jyothi was growing up on the sreets of Bombay when she was rescued and adopted by an affluent Western couple, their contribution to the starving of India. Amazed by the ways of the West, disturbed by the rules and regulations, unhappy at the school and with her school-mates she feels like a misfit. But then, by chance it is discovered that she has a rare musical talent. Words might never be easy for her but music flows from her, encompassing both delicacy and strength to a remarkable degree. The delicate girl, with her extraordinary looks and her unique talent, takes the world by storm. And
the rootless Indian waif, Jyothi becomes the international superstar, Jade.
She loves concerts, the joy of playing, of audience pleasure, but she-and her family- discover the burdens of fame. Jyothi becomes torn between her urge to find her native roots and her desire to become that Western girl, with that lifestyle, those men, those values.
The Speech of Angels, set in India, Germany and England, is a moving emotional story of a remarkable girl, her loves and her life. It looks not only at the price of fame, particularly for a child star, but also at the pleasures and pitfalls of adapting across cultures and continents. Sharon Maas, whose writing is compared by many to Isabelle Alende's, has written her most magical novel to date.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Sharon Maas was born in Georgetown Guyana and studied in England before returning to Guyana where she worked as a journalist. She travelled extensively in South America and spent a number of years living in an ashram in India. She is married with two children and lives in Germany and England.

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