I read this book when it first came out, and immediately recognized that the characters and plot were not original, but stolen. Others did as well, and it didn't take long for the truth to come out:"Crane's Morning" is one of the most infamous examples of plagiarism in existence. The entire plot, as well as huge chunks of exact, word-for-word dialog and description, were copied from "The Rosemary Tree" by Elizabeth Goudge. All that the "author" did was move the setting from England to India.The book was withdrawn from publication, and all unsold copies returned to the publisher, when the theft was discovered.