The acclaimed million-copy bestselling novel about a woman’s struggle to find happiness in a changing India.
Married as a child bride to a tenant farmer she had never met, Rukmani works side by side in the field with her husband to wrest a living from a land ravaged by droughts, monsoons, and insects. With remarkable fortitude and courage, she meets changing times and fights poverty and disaster. This beautiful and eloquent story tells of a simple peasant woman in a primitive village in India whose whole life is a gallant and persistent battle to care for those she loves–an unforgettable novel that “will wring your heart out” (Associated Press).Includes an Introduction by Indira Ganesan
And an Afterword by Thrity Umrigar
Author: Kamala Markandaya
Binding Type: Mass Market Paperbound
Publisher: Signet Book
Published: 12/07/2010
Series: Signet Classics
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 6.70h x 4.25w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780451531728
Language: English
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