Before we visit the goddess
Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, 1956-2017
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The daughter of a poor baker in rural Bengal, India, Sabitri yearns to get an education, but her family's situation means college is an impossible dream. Then an influential woman from Kolkata takes Sabitri under her wing, but her generosity soon proves dangerous after the girl makes a single, unforgiveable misstep. Years later, Sabitri's own daughter, Bela, haunted by her mother's choices, flees abroad with her political refugee lover - but the America she finds is vastly different from the country she'd imagined. As the marriage crumbles and Bela is forced to forge her own path, she unwittingly imprints her own child, Tara, with indelible lessons about freedom, heartbreak and loyalty that will take a lifetime to unravel.
Main title:
Before we visit the goddess / Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.
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Imprint:
London : Simon & Schuster, 2017.
Collation:
210 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2016.
ISBN:
9781471146954 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6FICTION
Language:
English
BRN:
2474820
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