The Sun in the Morning: My Early Years in India and England

I read this book when I was around 9 or 10. Now I am 45 and have never forgotten it. All the adventures or rather misadventures of three young girls and their life in India was fascinating and funny. Even though these girls grew up in completely different environment than I did, in a part of the world I knew nothing about, I could still identify with the thoughts and views expressed by the author. This is a book I couldn't put down and never have.

M M Kaye bought India alive for me in her two novel's "The Far Pavillions" and "Shadow of the Moon" - in her autobiography I can see where her love of India came from .She also brings to this, the first volume of her three volume autobiography, the same beautiful writing that she has used in her novels. She has a very easy and light writing style which brings her memoirs and her fiction alive. This first book takes us up to 1925 and her return to India after some time away back in England.This is for those of you who love India, love MM Kaye - (better known as Mollie by her family) or are interested in the times of India under the Raj.

This is the story of a childhood filled with wonder and excitement of growing up in India as well as the sadness of leaving home and loved ones behind for schooling in England. The historical aspects were equally interesting to one who hasnt any been exposed to them before. The social attitudes in M M Kayes times to the people working in India were an eye opener - this book should be read by anyone with an interest in India and especially as Kaye says to counter balance the views of India in books such as Passage to India.