Girls burn brighter
Rao, Shobha2018
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When Poornima was just a toddler, she was about to fall into a river. Her mother, beside herself, screamed at her father to grab her. But he hesitated. After her mother's death, Poornima has very little kindness in her life. She is left to take care of her siblings until her father can find her a suitable match. So when Savitha enters their household, Poornima is intrigued by the joyful, independent-minded girl. Suddenly their Indian village doesn't feel quite so claustrophobic, and Poornima begins to imagine a life beyond the arranged marriage her father is desperate to secure for her. But when a devastating act of cruelty drives Savitha away, Poornima leaves behind everything she has ever known to find her friend. Her journey takes her into the darkest corners of India's underworld, on a harrowing cross-continental journey, and eventually to an apartment complex in Seattle.
Main title:
Girls burn brighter / Shobha Rao.
Author:
Rao, Shobha, author
Imprint:
London : Fleet, 2018.
Collation:
307 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780349006826 (hbk)
Dewey class:
813.6
LC class:
PS3618.A694
Local class:
F
Language:
English
BRN:
2213718
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