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Desirable daughters : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9780002005159 :
- ISBN: 0002005158 :
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Physical Description:
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310 p. ; 24 cm. : ill. - Publisher: Toronto : HarperFlamingo Canada, c2002.
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| Subject: | Marriage -- Fiction Women -- India -- Calcutta -- Fiction Hinduism -- Fiction Sisters -- Fiction Families -- Fiction Calcutta (India) -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Canadian fiction. |
Available copies
- 4 of 4 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Smithers Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Smithers Public Library | F MUK (Text) | 35101000039201 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
The authorThe Middleman and Other Stories chronicles the journeys of three Brahmin women as they follow divergent paths from their home in Calcutta and a rigid Indian society to seek new lives for themselves on two separate continents. 35,000 first printing. - Grand Central Pub
At the heart of this remarkable new novel by the award-winning author of The Middleman and Other Stories and Jasmine are issues of culture, identity, and familial loyalty. Comparable to The Joy Luck Club in its honest portrayal of the American immigrant experience, Desirable Daughters follows the diverging paths taken by three Calcutta-born sisters as they come of age in a changing world.
Tara, Padma, and Parvati were born into a wealthy Brahmin family presided over by their doting father and his traditionalist mother. Intelligent and artistic, the girls are nevertheless constrained by a society with little regard for women. Their subsequent rebellion will lead them in different directions, to different continents, and through different circumstances that strain yet ultimately strengthen their relationship.
Moving effortlessly between generations, Mukherjee weaves together fascinating stories of the sisters' ancestors, their childhood memories, and dramatic scenes from India's history.
