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Kipling & Trix

Winner of the Virginia Prize for Fiction As small children Rudyard Kipling and his sister Trix lived an enchanted life in India playing with their beloved servants and running around freely. Their innocent happiness came to an abrupt end when they were sent back to England to live with strangers and forced to conform to the strict rules of Edwardian society in an alien country. Both brother and sister grew up to become writers although one lived in the shadow of the others genius. Rudyard Kiplings incredible life is known to many while his poetry and books have been read by millions a but what became of his talented younger sister? Her story full of love and lies became a distressing family secret that was hidden from the world... Mary Hamer has unearthed the truth about Alice Kipling
known to her family affectionately as Trix. In this fictionalised account of their lives the author goes to the heart of the relationship between a difficult brother and his troubled sister and explores how their early lives shaped the very different people they were later to become."
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Winner of the Virginia Prize for Fiction As small children Rudyard Kipling & his sister Trix lived an enchanted life in India playing with their beloved servants & running around freely. Their innocent happiness came to an abrupt end when they were sent back to England to live with strangers & forced to conform to the strict rules of Edwardian society in an alien country. Both brother & sister grew up to become writers although one lived in the shadow of the others genius. Rudyard Kiplings incredible life is known to many while his poetry & books have been read by millions a but what became of his talented younger sister? Her story full of love & lies became a distressing family secret that was hidden from the world... Mary Hamer has unearthed the truth about Alice Kipling known to her family affectionately as Trix. In this fictionalised account of their lives the author goes to the heart of the relationship between a difficult brother & his troubled sister & explores how their early lives shaped the very different people they were later to become."

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India - A subcontinent in Asia
England - A country within the United Kingdom.
World - A physical grouping, commonly used to describe earth and everything associated with ti
running - A sport or hobbie of moving rapidly on foot. Can also refer to the running of equipment or run time refering to the length of time an applicance can run or the quiet running of an applicance.
Heart - An organ that pumps blood around the body. Usually related to love.
Love - Someone who shows deep affection for someone else.
Small - something that takes up less space than normal.
Children - A young life form within the early stages of physical development,
Family - A group of people that live together made up from parents and children.
Shadow - A dark shape crated by something being in the way of light reaching a surface.

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