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&#8220Pael follows up her 2013 debut, Teatime for the Firefly, with this soulful prequel that offers
compelling and devastating details of life in India.&#8221&#8212Kikus Reviews1870s India. In a
tiny village where society is ruled by a caste system and women are defined solely by marriage,
young Biren Roy dreams of forging a new destiny. When his mother suffers the fate of
widowhood&#8212huned by her loved ones and forced to live in solitary penance&#8212Bien
devotes his life to effecting change.Biren&#8217passionate spirit blossoms as wildly as the
blazing flame trees of his homeland. With a law degree, he goes to work for the government to
pioneer academic equality for girls. But in a place governed by age-old conventions, progress
comes at a price, and soon Biren becomes a stranger among his own countrymen.Just when his
vision for the future begins to look hopeless, he meets Maya, the independent-minded daughter of
a local educator, and his soul is reignited. It is in her love that Biren finally finds his home, and in
her heart that he finds the hope for a new world.&#8220Pael skillfully uses the culture and
customs of... India as a fascinating framework for an unforgettable story of love and loss, hope
and change... that will stay with readers long after they turn the last page.&#8221&#8212Boklist
(starred review)&#8220Enranced me from the very first page... Patel&#8217lyrical writing infuses
Flame Tree Road with powerful imagery.&#8221&#8212Hitorical Novel Society