EAST & WEST Stories of India By Catherine Ann Jones

‘Catherine Ann Jones knows India and loves its people with the deepest understanding. She writes with the clarity and delicacy of butterfly wings.’ ROSHAN SETH, ACTOR

In this captivating book, contrasting and complementary aspects of Indian culture are explored through stories of seekers, and stories of ordinary Indians; stories of heroes, frauds, and victims; stories set in America, and stories set in India.

Commissioned to celebrate the 75th anniversary of India’s independence.

BOOK PRAISE:
‘Unique, wonderfully written, and enchanting. Not only worth reading, but reading again, and reading aloud to others.’ RAVI RAVINDRA, PhD, AUTHOR

‘The Catherine Ann Jones dharma is storytelling.’ R. E. MARK LEE, AUTHOR

‘…found myself in each story living the situation and the outcome.’ MEENA KAUSHIK PhD., CEO OF QUANTUM CONSUMER SOLUTIONS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

CATHERINE ANN JONES’s connection with India began with her marriage to the novelist Raja Rao who (with Mulk Raj Anand and R K Narayan) helped establish the international reputation of Indian fiction in English. She lived in India for a year as a Fulbright Research Scholar and lives in India for a substantial amount of time each year.

An award-winning author, she has published seven other books. She is also a playwright, screenwriter, writing consultant, and actor, having played major roles in some 55 plays on Broadway and off-Broadway. The films written by her include The Christmas Wife (with Jason Robards and Julie Harris) gained four Emmy nominations, Unlikely Angel (with Dolly Parton) and the popular TV series Touched by an Angel. Twelve of her plays have won awards (including one from the National Endowment for the Arts). These continue to be produced both in and out of New York.