The Fuchsia Sari

<p>1896 Bombay. As a prequel to <em>A Patient Obsession The Fuchsia Sari </em>tells the backstory to Patience's family heritage.</p><p>At the turn of the twentieth century Mangal (Frank) grows up an orphan in a Bombay wadi. His mathematical prowess enables him to gain a scholarship to study at Manchester University England where he encounters prejudice friendship and eventually love.</p><p>Maree a Lancashire lass working as a milliner's apprentice one of five daughters wishes to be a princess.  After a chance meeting with Frank and their ensuing relationship she follows him and sets sail to India on her own away from everything she knew. Once there they try to make a life for themselves but as a mixed-race couple they are accepted by neither Indian society nor the colonial British.</p><p>Death heartbreak and the inability to feel completely at home on either continent follow the couple. </p><p>Can they overcome racism overt or hidden and lead happy fulfilled lives? </p>