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On the borders of the misty High Forest tea plantation in Ceylon Rachel Varuni the daughter of a Scottish tea planter and a Ceylonese village girl lives alone with her mother Simple frugal and hard their life has a quality of unspoilt happiness even if Rachel is sometimes haunted by her mixed parentage She sees herself as a doppelg nger belonging nowhere and to no one. The Doppelganger by Florence ratwattelli Her dream of re claiming her Scottish identity comes true when a letter from a lawyers firm informs her of a bequest from an unnamed benefactor for Rachel to be educated at Ceylon s most exclusive boarding school. The Doppelganger by Florence Ratwatte book pdf Whilst the expensive education transforms Rachel unrecognisably terror the crushing hurdles of racism spite and colonial injustice threaten to overwhelm her new life The Doppelganger by Florence Ratwatte 2013 06 28 On the borders of the lofty mist hung High Forest tea plantation in Ceylon as Sri Lanka was called while still a British colony in the mid twentieth century Rachel Varuni the daughter of a Scottish tea planter and a Ceylonese village girl lives alone with her mother Their simple frugal life has a quality of unspoilt happiness although Rachel is troubled by her mixed parentage seeing herself as a doppelg nger belonging nowhere Rachel s escape from a hard isolated life comes when a letter from a law firm informs her mother of a bequest from an un named benefactor to pay for her daughter s education at Ceylon s most exclusive boarding school While education transforms Rachel unrecognisably and enables her to reclaim her European identity her life becomes fraught with terror and daunting new hurdles Alone and alienated from her maternal kith and kin the acceptance and identification with her father s race which she pursued single mindedly continues to elude Rachel as she mutinies against destiny not heeding the tragic sadness of her own beginnings The Doppelganger by Florence Ratwatte 2013 06 28