Esther Lyons Forbidden Fruit

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Born in India and now living in Australia, Lyons was presentedwith a plaque commemorating her familys place in history. A descendant of Francois Bienvenu dit Delisle, one of theFrenchmen who helped Cadillac found the city in 1701Andrea Blum, Heritage Sunday Newspapers, Detroit Sunday July 29, 2001This is a remarkable book. Its author tells the dramatic story ofher tireless search for her father after his departure from Indiaand, in the course of it, her indomitable struggle for an identity,against innumerable and seemingly insuperable obstaclesposed by the confl icting backgroundDr.W.A. Suchting, Reader, Dept of Philosophy, University of Sydney, AustraliaWhat an extraordinary story! Thank you for being force enoughto write such a powerful, inspiring story. Written by a lady of greatgifts courage, truth, integrity, intelligence, forgiveness... Br Charles Howard, Ex-Provincial, Marist Brothers, Sydney, AustraliaA powerful work written by a courageous author. The readerwill be encouraged in the end by the triumph of human spirit. Alfred Holland, The Age newspaper, Melbourne, AustraliaThis autobiography is a heart-breaking search of a child athome and abroad for a father, the tribulation of alienation from,and rejection by ones own society, the despair of youth fi ndinglittle reason to count blessing through adulthood. Michael Flannery, The Statesman of India, Calcutta, India. Forbidden Fruit describes a place and a time that lives on onlyin the memories of many people. The India of today is a vastlydifferent place to that in the 1940s and 1950s and so the Anglo-Indians and Indians of today are a very different people. Adrian Gilbert, Editor, Anglo-Indian Association, Melbourne, Australia.