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Author Enjeti, Anjali, author.

Title The parted earth / Anjali Enjeti.

Publication Info. Spartanburg, SC : Hub City Press, [2021]

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  F ENJETI, A.    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - New Materials  FICTION ENJETI    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  F ENJETI, A.    Storage
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  FIC ENJETI    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  F ENJETI    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  FIC ENJE    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Adult Fiction  ENJETI, ANJALI    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Basement Materials  ENJETI, ANJALI    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Adult Fiction  F ENJETI, ANJALI    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Adult Fiction  F ENJETI ANJALI    Check Shelf

Description 261 pages ; 23 cm
Summary "Spanning more than half a century and cities from New Delhi to Atlanta, Anjali Enjeti's debut is a heartfelt and human portrait of the long shadow of the Partition of the Indian subcontinent on the lives of three generations. The story begins in August 1947. Unrest plagues the streets of New Delhi leading up to the birth of the Muslim majority nation of Pakistan, and the Hindu majority nation of India. Sixteen-year-old Deepa navigates the changing politics of her home, finding solace in messages of intricate origami from her secret boyfriend Amir. Soon Amir flees with his family to Pakistan and a tragedy forces Deepa to leave the subcontinent forever. The story also begins nearly seven decades later and half a world away, in Atlanta. While grieving both a pregnancy loss and the implosion of her marriage, Deepa's granddaughter Shan begins the search for her estranged grandmother, a prickly woman who had no interest in knowing her. When she begins to piece together her family history shattered by the Partition, Shan discovers how little she actually knows about her ancestors and what they endured. For readers of Jess Walter's Beautiful Ruins and Min Jin Lee's Pachinko, The Parted Earth follows characters on their search for identity after loss uproots their lives. Above all, it is a novel about families weathering the lasting violence of separation, and how it can often take a lifetime to find unity and peace"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject India -- History -- Partition, 1947 -- Fiction.
East Indian Americans -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction.
East Indian Americans. (OCoLC)fst00901040
Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
India. (OCoLC)fst01210276
Partition of India (India : 1947) (OCoLC)fst01353944
Chronological Term 1947
Genre/Form Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Historical fiction.
Novels.
Historical fiction.
ISBN 9781938235771 hardcover
1938235770 hardcover
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