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c2010., Adult, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: Fic Hei Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "This novel is inspired by an incident that happened in 2006 on the border between Nepal and Chinese-occupied Tibet. A group of mountain climbers saw Chinese border guards pursing and killing Tibetans fleeing from Nepal. The climbers allegedly debated whether to report the attack or to continue with their expedition. Author Steven Heighton uses this incident as a starting point for a novel of suspense about loyalty, human failings, and what love requires. From the one of Canada's finest writers, author of AFTERLANDS, comes a fantastic adventure with strong female characters."--Publisher.
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c2015., Adult, HarperAvenue Call No: Fic Gow Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Anil is the cherished son of a large family in rural India. As the eldest boy, he is expected to inherit the role of leader of his clan and arbiter of its disputes, dispensing wisdom and good advice. Leena is his closest companion, a fiercely brave girl who loves nothing more than the wild terrain they inhabit and her close-knit family. As childhood friends, they are inseparable - but as adulthood approaches, they grow apart. Anil is the first person in his family to leave India, the first to attend college, the first to become a doctor. Half a world away in Dallas, Texas, he is caught up in his new life, experiencing all the freedoms and temptations of American culture: he tastes alcohol for the first time, falls in love, and learns firsthand about his adopted country's alluring, dangerous contradictions. Though his work in a gritty urban hospital is grueling, Anil is determined to carve out his own life in America. At home, Leena dreams of marriage, a strong and true love like the one shared by her parents, and leaves her beloved home to join her new husband's family in a distant village. Then things start to go wrong: Anil makes a medical mistake with tragic results, his first love begins to fray and a devastating event makes him question his worth as a doctor and as a friend. On a visit home, Anil rekindles a friendship with the woman who seems to understand him better than anyone else. But their relationship is complicated by a fateful decision made years earlier. As the two old friends discover each other again, they must also weigh the choice between responsibility and freedom, and between loyalty and love."--Publisher.
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2000., Knopf Canada : Distributed by Random House of Canada Call No: Fic Bad Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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Ã2016., Adult, Dundurn Call No: QWF MYS Fic Bol Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Max O'Brien mystery Volume: 1Summary Note: "Con man Max O'Brien takes a personal investigation into his own hands. Max O'Brien's nightmare has begun again. Eleven years after the tragic disappearance of his brother, an ambassador in Central America, Max's nephew, also a diplomat, is assassinated in New Delhi. Max is on the run from police, and this time the professional con man decides to find those responsible for the crime. Determined to track down the truth, he arrives in India just as the country is preparing for war with Pakistan. His inquiry leads him to Kashmir--the heart of the conflict--and the depths of his own soul."--From publisher.
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2016., Adult, Knopf Canada Call No: Fic Ira Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "The Parcel's astonishing heart, soul and unforgettable voice is Madhu--born a boy, but a eunuch by choice--who has spent most of her life in a close-knit clan of transgender sex workers in Kamathipura, the notorious red-light district of Bombay. Madhu identifies herself as a 'hijra'--a person belonging to the third sex, neither here nor there, man nor woman. Now, at 40, she has moved away from prostitution, her trade since her teens, and is forced to beg to support the charismatic head of the hijra clan, Gurumai. One day Madhu receives a call from Padma Madam, the most feared brothel owner in the district: a 'parcel' has arrived--a young girl from the provinces, betrayed and trafficked by her aunt--and Madhu must prepare it for its fate. Despite Madhu's reluctance, she is forced to take the job by Gurumai. As Madhu's emotions spiral out of control, her past comes back to haunt her, threatening to unravel a lifetime's work and identity."--From publisher.
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c2012., Adult, Alfred A. Knopf Canada Call No: Fic Bal Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Novel follows the lives of two women who must deal with the relentless logic forced upon them by survival: Damini, a Hindu midwife, and Anu, who flees an abusive marriage for the sanctuary of the Catholic church. When Sister Anu comes to Damini's home village to open a clinic, their paths cross, and each are certain they are doing what's best for women. What do health, justice, education and equality mean for women when India is marching toward prosperity, growth and becoming a nuclear power? If the baby girls and women around them are to survive, Damini and Anu must find creative ways to break with tradition and help this community change from within.
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c2012., General, Doubleday Canada Call No: Fic Gha Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "The gorgeous, poignant new novel about unexpected love within an arranged marriage in mid-century India, by the award-winning author of BRAHMA'S DREAM. The novel moves between the lushness of India and the sombre greyness of London during the Blitz, even as Ghatage brilliantly unwinds the story of two conflicted people who, slowly but surely, learn to tolerate, then like, then passionately love each other just as their worlds fall apart."--Publisher.
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Ã2018., Linda Leith Publishing Call No: Fic Ern Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Nada Marjanovic, professor of Sanskrit at the University of Zagreb, has spent more than twenty years translating an obscure text on the vetala, a parasitic, vampire-like being that possesses the bodies of his victims. When her mentor and collaborator in the Indian city of Pune dies, she finds herself face-to-face with the undead that the text describes, an evil which long ago killed her lover - and set her on the path of an obsessive scholarly revenge. She must rely on her intellect, mythic lore, and even dreams to piece together the mystery of the manuscript. The vetala's opposition grows increasingly violent as Nada nears the book's conclusion, and with the help of two colleagues, struggles to decipher its climactic secret, which would allow her to exorcise the demon at last - freeing not only the mysterious man whom he has possessed for centuries, but also, perhaps, her own imprisoned and forgotten love.Suspenseful and unforgettable, Phillip Ernest's debut novel captures the most universal elements of human experience - even the monsters we face.
