Contributions

  • Jaffrey, Madhur, 1933- actor - Contributor
  • Wilby, James, actor - Contributor
  • Gupta, Neena, actor - Contributor
  • Badel, Sarah, actor - Contributor
  • David, Joanna, actor - Contributor
and 9 more
  • Jaffrey, Sakina, actor - Contributor
  • Jones, Gemma, actor - Contributor
  • Nadira, 1932-2006, actor - Contributor
  • Raj, Prayag, actor - Contributor
  • Sikri, Surekha, actor - Contributor
  • Lumley, Laura, actor - Contributor
  • Universal Pictures (Firm) - Contributor
  • Merchant Ivory Productions - Contributor
  • Universal City Studios - Contributor

Publication

2000 - Universal Studios, Universal City, CA, California

Language

English

Word Count

31,000 words, Guess

Page Count

124 pages

Physical Format

Video Recording

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC791.4372
  • LCCPN1997 .C6675 1999

Description

1954, the Malabar Coast. British and Anglo-Indian identities blur when an English-woman with a neglectful husband births a sickly baby. Cotton Mary, a hospital aide and moralizing Anglophile who claims her father was a British officer, takes over the infant's care and, without a word to the mother, takes the baby daily to her sister to nurse. Mary moves into the English household, taking over more and more duties as she plays on the mother's fatigue and lack of spousal counsel: in effect, Mary colonizes the English household while she pilfers its stores and tells tall tales to her own family. For how long can Mary sustain her rule before the Englishwoman stands on her own feet?

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