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Only the Eyes Are Mine - Couverture souple

Alexander, Usha

 
9781419684401: Only the Eyes Are Mine
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 141968440X ISBN 13 : 9781419684401
Editeur : BookSurge Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

South India. Early 1940s. Sita, an illiterate girl, is given as a child bride to a boy with a secret that threatens to bring shame upon his family. Feeling thwarted within the confines of her family life, she follows her passions down a path that ends in grave tragedy and a complete unraveling of her spirit. But when her brother invites her to America to care for his motherless children, fraught with their own conflicts of identity and culture, Sita hopes for a new chance at life. Years later, approaching death in old age, she asks herself, 'What has my life been worth? What lessons can be drawn from it?'Spanning two generations and two cultures, this deeply affecting story, rich in character and incident, peers through those veils that separate one from another and blind us to each other's human plight.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

South India. Early 1940s. Sita, an illiterate girl, is given as a child bride to a boy with a secret that threatens to bring shame upon his family. Feeling thwarted within the confines of her family life, she follows her passions down a path that ends in grave tragedy and a complete unraveling of her spirit. But when her brother invites her to America to care for his motherless children, fraught with their own conflicts of identity and culture, Sita hopes for a new chance at life. Years later, approaching death in old age, she asks herself, 'What has my life been worth? What lessons can be drawn from it?' Spanning two generations and two cultures, this deeply affecting story, rich in character and incident, peers through those veils that separate one from another and blind us to each other's human plight.

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Éditeur
BookSurge Publishing
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
141968440X
ISBN 13 
9781419684401
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
306
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