Not Yet Drown'd A Novel Author:Peg Kingman "Mysterious, intriguing, and just downright absorbing...smart and full of atmosphere."?Boston Globe — Catherine MacDonald is astonished to receive from her twin brother?who had apparently drowned a year earlier in the monsoon floods of 1821?a kashmiri shawl, a caddy of unusual tea, and a sheaf of traditional bagpipe music in his han... more »dwriting. When had he sent it? And why had he retitled a certain tune "Not Yet Drown'd"? Irresistibly, she is drawn to India to search for answers. With her stepdaughter and their two maids?one an enigmatic Hindu, the other a runaway American slave?she follows an obscure trail of tea, opium, and bagpipe music, discovering unsuspected truths about the man she is seeking. Reading group guide included.« less