| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
275 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"Originally published as Independence in India in 2022 by HarperCollins India." --Title page verso. |
| Summary |
India, 1947. In a village in Bengal live three sisters, daughters of a well-respected doctor. Priya: intelligent and idealistic, resolved to follow in her father's footsteps and become a doctor though society frowns on it. Deepa: the beauty, determined to make a marriage that will bring her family joy and status. Jamini: devout, sharp-eyed, and a talented quiltmaker, with deeper passions than she reveals. Theirs is a home of love and safety, a refuge from the violent events taking shape in the nation. Then their father is killed during a riot, and even their neighbors turn against them, bringing the events of their country closer to home. When the partition of India is officially decided, a drastic--and dangerous--change is in the air. India is now for Hindus, Pakistan for Muslims. The sisters find themselves separated from one another, each on a different path. They fear for what will happen to not just themselves, but one another. -- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Sisters -- Fiction.
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Fathers -- Death -- Fiction.
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India -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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India -- History -- Partition, 1947 -- Fiction.
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Bengal (India) -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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Domestic fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780063142381 (hardback) |
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0063142384 (hardback) |
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