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|title=Anila's Journey

|author=Mary Finn

|date=January 2008

|isbn=978-1406306590

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Anila Tandy is the Bird Girl of Calcutta. She is of mixed heritage - her mother was Indian and her - disappeared - father is Irish. Anila has inherited her mother's independent spirit and her father's artistic talent. After her mother dies, Anila is left to fend for herself - a precarious situation for a woman at the end of the eighteenth century, let alone a woman in India, and let alone a woman of mixed race, unwelcome in many social circles. Anila, however, is undaunted. Aided by her friend Miss Hickey, she applies for the job of draughtswoman on a botanical expedition along the Ganges led by the kindly Mr Walker. It's unorthodox to say the least, but Mr Walker can see that Anila's talent for drawing flora and fauna is unsurpassed.