Where the Peacocks Sing: A Palace a Prince and the Search for Home

How far would you travel for love? In her sparkling memoir journalist Alison Singh Gee learns that love riches and a place to call home can be found in the most unexpected places. . Alison Singh Gee was a glamorous magazine writer with a serious Jimmy Choo habit a weakness for five-star Balinese resorts and a reputation for dating highborn British men. Then she met Ajay a charming and unassuming Indian journalist and her world turned upside down. Traveling from her shiny rapid-fire life in Hong Kong to Ajays native village Alison learns that not all is as it seems. Turns out that Ajay is a landed prince (of sorts) but his family palace is falling to pieces. Replete with plumbing issues strange noises and intimidating relatives her new loves ramshackle palace Mokimpur is a broken-down relic in desperate need of a makeover. And Alison wonders if she can soldier on for the sake of the man who just might be her soul mate. This modern-day fairytale WHERE THE PEACOCKS SING takes readers on a cross-cultural journey from the manicured gardens of Beverly Hills to the bustling streets of Hong Kong and finally to the rural Indian countryside as Alison comes to terms with her complicated new family leaves the modern world behind and learns the true meaning of home.