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A guardian and a thief

In a near-future Kolkata ravaged by floods and decay, Ma is preparing to leave for a new life in America with her young daughter, Mishti, and her aging father, Dadu. Their visas and passports finally secured, they're just days away from joining Ma's husband in Michigan-- until Ma's purse, holding al...

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Main Author: Majumdar, Megha (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025.
Edition:First hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Immigrant families > Fiction.
Thieves > Fiction.
United States > Emigration and immigration > Fiction.
Climatic changes > Fiction.
Food security > Fiction.
Conduct of life > Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Domestic fiction.
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Summary:In a near-future Kolkata ravaged by floods and decay, Ma is preparing to leave for a new life in America with her young daughter, Mishti, and her aging father, Dadu. Their visas and passports finally secured, they're just days away from joining Ma's husband in Michigan-- until Ma's purse, holding all their precious documents, is stolen. The theft shatters their hopes and alters their lives forever. The story unfolds from two perspectives: Ma's desperate struggle to recover what's lost and Boomba's, the impoverished thief whose act of survival sets tragedy in motion. Through their intertwined fates, Megha Majumdar delivers a powerful and compassionate portrait of love, loss, and endurance amid poverty and corruption in a world on the brink of collapse.
Item Description:"Oprah's book club 2025" -- Cover.
Physical Description:205 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9780593804872
0593804872
Author Notes:Megha Majumdar's debut novel, the New York Times bestseller A Burning , was nominated for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize, and the American Library Association's Andrew Carnegie Medal. It was a Today show Read With Jenna Book Club Pick and a Barnes & Noble Discover Pick. In India, it won a Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar. A Burning was named one of the best books of 2020 by media including The Washington Post, The New York Times, NPR, The Atlantic, Vogue, and Time. Majumdar is the recipient of a Whiting Award, as well as of fellowships from the Civitella Ranieri and Hawthornden foundations. Born and raised in Kolkata, India, and educated at Harvard and Johns Hopkins, she now lives in New York.

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