Seasons of the Neem

About the Book

Can love survive the ever-changing kaleidoscope of life’s challenges or is it just a mirage forever out of reach? ‘Seasons of the Neem’ is a spellbinding book of love, revenge, mystery and secrets. Set in the dying days of the British Raj, nineteen year old Alison Shaw has to make a decision about her future. Her life unexpectedly changes when she falls in love with the handsome and dashing Captain Michael Balfour Brown. But before her idyllic life can unfold she is victim of a shocking event that changes everything. As political turmoil, Partition, deception and prejudice intervene; Alison draws her inner strength from resilience and the power of love..

About the Author

Angela Halge was born in Middlesex in the UK but went to India at the age of three. She migrated to Australia in 1970 and worked as a teacher for the Education Department of Western Australia for almost three decades. In the 1980’s she took a break from teaching and ran her own fashion business for ten years. Inspired by anecdotal accounts of the dying days of the Raj she felt compelled to write a narrative for posterity borrowing from real historical events that would encapsulate with accuracy the beliefs and mores of the times.