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One amazing thing

Late afternoon in a passport and visa office in California, nine people are in the office when an earthquake rips through the building trapping these nine together struggling to survive.

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Main Author: Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, 1956-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Voice/Hyperion, c2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Earthquakes > California > Fiction.
East Indians > California > Fiction.
Disaster victims > Fiction.
Storytelling > Fiction.
Psychological fiction > California.
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Summary:Late afternoon in a passport and visa office in California, nine people are in the office when an earthquake rips through the building trapping these nine together struggling to survive.
Physical Description:220 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9781401340995
1401340997
Author Notes:Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni was born in India and later moved to the United States to attend college. She earned a M. A. at Wright State University and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.

Divakaruni held many odd jobs until she was able to become an accomplished writer. She was the president of MAITRI, a crisis hotline for female South Asian victims of domestic abuse, and is currently a professor at Foothill College in California.

Her works have been recognized in more than 50 magazines and 30 anthologies. She also has been awarded two PEN Syndicated Fiction Project Awards, a Pushcart Prize, and the Allen Ginsberg Poerty Prize. Divakaruni's books include Arranged Marriage and The Mistress of Spices. Her Title One Amazing Thing made The New York Times Best Seller List.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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