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Delhi, 1946
Ma and Bappu teach at the local university. Their fourteen year-old daughter Alma is soon to be married but she is mostly interested in spinning wild stories for her beloved younger sister Roop.
Times are bad for girls in India. The long-awaited independence from British rule brings unrest that threatens to unravel the rich tapestry of Delhi, and when Partition happens, Ma, Bappu, Alma and Roop are forced to find increasingly desperate ways to survive.
But the the power of hope is an extraordinary thing...
Ma and Bappu teach at the local university. Their fourteen year-old daughter Alma is soon to be married but she is mostly interested in spinning wild stories for her beloved younger sister Roop.
Times are bad for girls in India. The long-awaited independence from British rule brings unrest that threatens to unravel the rich tapestry of Delhi, and when Partition happens, Ma, Bappu, Alma and Roop are forced to find increasingly desperate ways to survive.
But the the power of hope is an extraordinary thing...
- ISBN:
- 9781474619257
- Publication Date:
- 2022-06-09
- Publisher:
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Page Count:
- 346
- Size:
- 7.75" l x 5.0" w x 0.96" h
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- Fiction
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- Literary
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