A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar by Suzanne Joinson is a novel I picked up because of the catchy, but somewhat misleading title. In 1923, English sisters Eva and Lizzie and friend Millicent head to Kashgar as missionaries. Eva does not feel a religious calling, but wants to write a book about her trip, and keeps this secret.
A parallel present day story finds Frieda just returning to London after months working abroad and drifting a little lost when she finds out a woman she has never heard of left all her possessions to her. The two stories do of course converge by the end.
This is a beautifully written novel, with well developed, interesting and unique characters, that pulled me into both stories equally. However, I was disappointed that there never was much riding of a bicycle by anyone, but I enjoyed the novel nonetheless.
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