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2000., Lonely Planet Call No: SC 915.4 D151a Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Lonely Planet journeys
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[1990], Poseidon Press : Distributed by Simon & Schuster Call No: 828 A182a Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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-- Independence :2023., William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: NEW Fic Div Edition: First edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: India, 1947. In a village in Bengal live three sisters, daughters of a well-respected doctor. Priya: intelligent and idealistic, resolved to follow in her father's footsteps and become a doctor though society frowns on it. Deepa: the beauty, determined to make a marriage that will bring her family joy and status. Jamini: devout, sharp-eyed, and a talented quiltmaker, with deeper passions than she reveals. Theirs is a home of love and safety, a refuge from the violent events taking shape in the nation. Then their father is killed during a riot, and even their neighbors turn against them, bringing the events of their country closer to home. When the partition of India is officially decided, a drastic--and dangerous--change is in the air. India is now for Hindus, Pakistan for Muslims. The sisters find themselves separated from one another, each on a different path.
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c2013., Gallery Books Call No: Fic Mas Edition: 1st Gallery Books trade paperback ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In 1930, a great ocean wave blots out a Bengali village, leaving only one survivor, a young girl. As a maidservant in a British boarding school, Pom is renamed Sarah and discovers her gift for languages. Her private dreams almost die when she arrives in Kharagpur and is recruited into a secretive, decadent world. Eventually, she lands in Calcutta, renames herself Kamala, and creates a new life rich in books and friends. But although success and even love seem within reach, she remains trapped by what she is . . . and is not. As India struggles to throw off imperial rule, Kamala uses her hard-won skillsfor secrecy, languages, and reading the unspoken gestures of those around herto fight for her countryœs freedom and her own happiness.
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2002., Anchor Books Call No: NEW Fic Div Edition: First Anchor books edition. Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A collection of short stories set in India explores the adjustment of immigrants to a foreign land, the accommodations families make to the differences between generations, and the struggle to find a balance between the pull of home and the promise of change.
