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The girl in the garden

When Rakhee Singh is ten years old, her mother takes her from their Minnesota home to visit relatives in India. There she discovers a family secret that will haunt her. Only as a woman on the verge of marriage does Rakhee find the strength to confront the events of that summer and face the price of...

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Main Author: Nair, Kamala
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Grand Central Pub., 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
East Indian American women > Fiction.
East Indian Americans > India > Fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Villages > India > Fiction.
Gardens > Fiction.
Family secrets > Fiction.
Domestic fiction > India.
Psychological fiction > India.
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Summary:When Rakhee Singh is ten years old, her mother takes her from their Minnesota home to visit relatives in India. There she discovers a family secret that will haunt her. Only as a woman on the verge of marriage does Rakhee find the strength to confront the events of that summer and face the price of secrets.
Physical Description:viii, 305 p. : geneal. table ; 24 cm.
ISBN:9780446572682
0446572683
Author Notes:Kamala Nair was born in London and grew up in the United States. A graduate of Wellesley College, she studied literature at Oxford University and received an M.Phil in Creative Writing from Trinity College Dublin in 2005. She currently lives in New York City, where she has worked at Elle Decor .

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