name: Louise  Brown
birth_date: 1963-06-01 00:00:00
genres: Sociology, Asia, Historical Fiction
avg_rating: 3.83
ratings_count: 2706
about: See also: T. Louise Brown, how the name is printed in some editions.Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.Louise has lived in Nepal and travelled extensively in India and Pakistan, sparking her enduring love of South Asia. She was a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Asian Studies at the University of Birmingham, where she taught for nearly twenty years. In research for her critically acclaimed non-fiction books she’s witnessed revolutions and stayed with a family of traditional courtesans in the old city of Lahore. Louise has three grown-up children and lives in Birmingham. Her previously published books are: SEX SLAVES: THE TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN IN ASIA (Virago 2001); THE TRANSITION TO DEMOCRA See also: T. Louise Brown, how the name is printed in some editions.Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.Louise has lived in Nepal and travelled extensively in India and Pakistan, sparking her enduring love of South Asia. She was a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Asian Studies at the University of Birmingham, where she taught for nearly twenty years. In research for her critically acclaimed non-fiction books she’s witnessed revolutions and stayed with a family of traditional courtesans in the old city of Lahore. Louise has three grown-up children and lives in Birmingham. Her previously published books are: SEX SLAVES: THE TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN IN ASIA (Virago 2001); THE TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY IN NEPAL (Routledge 1995); WAR AND AFTERMATH IN VIETNAM (Routledge 1991); THE DANCING GIRLS OF LAHORE, a personal account of life in a Pakistani brothel quarter; and EDEN GARDENS about Maisy, the daughter of a Raj with an unexpected story to tell (Headline 2016).Her lastest book THE HIMALAYAN SUMMER was published by Headline in 2017. ...more