The Sleeping Dictionary

The Sleeping Dictionary is a novel by American writer Sujata Massey. It is the first book in the Daughters of Bengal series and was released in paperback on August 20, 2013. Set in late Raj India, The Sleeping Dictionary tells the story of a young peasant girl, who makes her way to Calcutta and is caught between the raging independence movement and the British colonial society she finds herself inhabiting.