The History of a Legend (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789370180437)

True life story of an Anglo-Indian girl...Jackie, who started life from humble beginnings. Born into a fairly large family of eight children in a small coastal town of Fort Cochin, Kerala, India. Life for the family was not easy and comfortable, but happy and simple. Step by step, with her urge and eagerness to increase her knowledge, with enthusiasm and determination to progress in life, she qualified as a school teacher, which eventually gave her the opportunity to rise and retire as the principal of her own school in a foreign land-Dubai at the age of 66. Dubai was considered more as her home country, where her three children grew up, were educated, and became professionals in the careers they chose. Jackie was a writer from a young age, during which time she won prizes at writing competitions, writing on weekends and magazines. Being a nature lover, her keen interest in gardening, termed her as an environmentalist. Cooking came naturally for her, and she took an interest from the age of 12. This gradually gave her the title of a ' cooking connoisseur, ' and she loved experimenting with all kinds of cooking, which again brought her accolades and prizes she won internationally. All this time, her one great desire was to be termed 'an author' and write her life story step by step. For this she waited until retirement to achieve her dream. This book of hers says it all...which she accomplished 2 years ago in her early 70s.