Awise£¬lyrical and funny book£¬Time Change is<br > the story of the education of a woman£®A pre¡ª<br > COClOUS American girl growing up in upper-<br > middle¡ªclass New York is drawn to the East<br > before it becomes popular and then marries the<br > king¡ªto¡ªbe of a tiny Himalayan land£®With the<br > novelist¡¯S eye for detail£¬Hope Cooke tells of<br > growing up in the Victorian atmosphere first of<br > her¡¢veahhy，snobbish grandmother¡¯S home£»<br > thenwithherauntanduncle£¬theU£®S£®Ambas¡ª<br > sador to I ran£®Between brilliant terms at Sarah<br > Lawrence College she plunged into an often<br > hilarious£¬if occasionally painful£®obsession<br > with the East£®It was in Darjeeling£¬India£¬<br > during a summer¡¯S stay£¬alone in the cozy<br > atmosphere of a family hotel£¬that Cooke met<br > the recently widowed Crown Prince of Sikkim£®<br > The story of her engagement and wedding to<br > the Prince and her liCe in this exotic hidden¡ª<br > away world became the center of international<br > attention and fascination£®It is told in full here£®<br > for the first time£¬in Hope Cooke¡¯S own voice£¬<br > with a sharp eye and an uncommon ear for<br > atmosphere and intrigue£®<br > It was very soon after their marriage that her<br > husband succeeded his father to the throne£®<br > Nearly submerged by the responsibilities ofher<br > husband¡¯S public(and private)preoccupations<br > and weighed down by the isolation£¬Cooke<br >