OLEANDER GIRL.
de Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee
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- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Fine in illustrated wrappers.
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Sinopsis
Beloved bestselling author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni has been hailed by Abraham Verghese as a “gifted storyteller” and by People magazine as a “skilled cartographer of the heart.” Now, Divakaruni returns with her most gripping novel yet, a sweeping, suspenseful coming-of-age tale about a young woman who leaves India for America on a search that will transform her life. THOUGH SHE WAS ORPHANED AT BIRTH, the wild and headstrong Korobi Roy has enjoyed a privileged childhood with her adoring grandparents, spending her first seventeen years sheltered in a beautiful, crumbling old mansion in Kolkata. But despite all that her grandparents have done for her, she is troubled by the silence that surrounds the circumstances of her parents’ death and clings fiercely to her only inheritance from them: the love note she found, years ago, hidden in a book of poetry that had belonged to her mother. As she grows, Korobi dreams of one day finding a love as powerful as her parents’, and it seems her wish has finally come true when she meets the charming Rajat, the only son of a high-profile business family. Shortly after their engagement, however, a sudden heart attack kills Korobi’s grandfather, revealing serious financial problems and a devastating secret about Korobi’s past. Shattered by this discovery and by her grandparents’ betrayal, Korobi decides to undertake a courageous search across post-9/11 America to find her true identity. Her dramatic, often startling journey will ultimately thrust her into the most difficult decision of her life. With flawless narrative instinct and a boundless sympathy for her irrepressible characters, in Oleander Girl Divakaruni brings us a perfect treat of a novel— moving, wise, and unforgettable. As The Wall Street Journal raves, “Divakaruni emphasizes the cathartic force of storytelling with sumptuous prose. . . . She defies categorization.”
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 57326
- Título
- OLEANDER GIRL.
- Autor
- Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee
- Formato/Encuadernación
- SIGNED first edition -
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine in illustrated wrappers.
- Editorial
- Simon & Schuster / Free Press,
- Lugar de publicación
- New York:
- Fecha de publicación
- (2012.)
- Palabras clave
- east indian, immigrants, woman, arc, uncorrected proof,
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Asian and Asian American;
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