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Forbidden Fruit
Anglo Indian Daughter of a Jesuit Priest in Search of Identity
Born in India and now living in Australia
Lyons was presented with a plaque commemorating her family's place in history. A descendant of Francois Bienvenu dit Delisle, one of the Frenchmen who helped Cadillac found the city in 1701. Andrea Blum, Heritage Sunday Newspapers, Detroit Sunday July 29, 2001
This is a remarkable book
Its author tells the dramatic story of her tireless search for her father after his departure from India and, in the course of it, her indomitable struggle for an identity, against innumerable and seemingly insuperable obstacles posed by the conflicting background. Dr. W.A. Suchting, Reader, Dept of Philosophy, University of Sydney, Australia
What an extraordinary story!
Thank you for being force enough to write such a powerful, inspiring story. Written by a lady of great gifts — courage, truth, integrity, intelligence, forgiveness... Br Charles Howard, Ex-Provincial, Marist Brothers, Sydney, Australia
A powerful work
Written by a courageous author. The reader will be encouraged in the end by the triumph of human spirit. Alfred Holland, The Age newspaper, Melbourne, Australia
This autobiography
Is a heart-breaking search of a child at home and abroad for a father, the tribulation of alienation from, and rejection by one's own society, the despair of youth finding little reason to count blessings through adulthood. Michael Flannery, The Statesman of India, Calcutta, India
Forbidden Fruit
Describes a place and a time that lives on only in the memories of many people. The India of today is a vastly different place from 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
