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First edition. |
| Description |
326 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Summary |
"A savvy former street child working at a human rights law office in Mumbai fights for redemption and a chance to live life on her own terms in this fresh, propulsive debut novel about fortune and survival"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Rakhi is a twenty-three-year-old haunted by the grisly aftermath of an incident that led to the loss of her best friend eleven years ago. Constantly reminded she doesn't belong, Rakhi lives alone in a Mumbai slum, working as a lowly office assistant at Justice For All, a struggling human-rights law organization headed by the renowned lawyer who gave her a fresh start. Fiercely intelligent and in possession of a sharp wit and an even sharper tongue, Rakhi is nobody's fool, even if she is underestimated by everyone around her. Rakhi's life isn't much, but she's managing. That is, until Rubina Mansoor, a fading former Bollywood starlet, tries to edge her way back into the spotlight by becoming a celebrity ambassador for Justice For All. Steering the organization into uncharted territories, she demands an internship for Alex, a young family friend from Canada and Harvard-bound graduate student. Ambitious, persistent, and naïve, Alex persuades Rakhi to show him "the real" India. In exchange, he'll do something to further Rakhi's dreams in a transaction that seems harmless, at first. As old guilt and new aspirations collide, everything Rakhi once knew to be true is set ablaze. And as the stakes mount, she will come face-to-face with the difficult choices and moral compromises that people make in order to survive, no matter the cost. Reema Patel's transportive debut novel offers a moving, smart, and arrestingly clever look at the cost of ambition and power in reclaiming one's story. |
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Slums -- India -- Fiction.
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Law offices -- India -- Fiction.
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Graduate students -- Fiction.
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Civil rights lawyers -- Fiction.
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Mumbai (India) -- Fiction.
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FICTION / City Life
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FICTION / Cultural Heritage
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FICTION / Women
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| Genre/Form |
Fictional Work (DNLM)D022922
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Novels. (OCoLC)fst01921742
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Social problem fiction.
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Novels.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Patel, Reema. Such big dreams. First edition. New York : Ballantine Books, 2022 9780593499511 (DLC) 2021051757 |
| ISBN |
9780593499504 (hardcover ; acid-free paper) |
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0593499506 (hardcover ; acid-free paper) |
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9780593499511 (ebook) |
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