| Description |
415 pages ; 21 cm |
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regular print |
| Summary |
"Nazneen's inauspicious entry into the world, an apparent stillbirth on the hard mud floor of a village hut, imbues in her a sense of fatalism that she carries across continents when she is married off to Chanu, a man old enough to be her father. Nazneen moves to London and, for years, keeps house, cares for her husband, and bears children, just as a girl from the village is supposed to do. But gradually she is transformed by her experience, and begins to question whether fate controls her or whether she has a hand in her own destiny. Motherhood is a catalyst - Nazneen's daughters chafe against their father's traditions and pride - and to her own amazement, Nazneen falls in love with a young man in the community. She discovers both the complexity that comes with free choice and the depth of her attachment to her husband, her daughters, and her new world." |
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"While Nazneen journeys along her path of self-realization, her sister, Hasina, rushes headlong at her life, first making a "love marriage," then fleeing her violent husband. Woven through the novel, Hasina's letters from Dhaka recount a world of overwhelming adversity. Shaped, yet not bound, by their landscapes and memories, both sisters struggle to dream - and live - beyond the rules prescribed for them."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Originally published in Great Britain in 2003 by Doubleday, a division of Transworld Publishers |
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First published London : Doubleday, 2003 |
| Subject |
Sisters -- Bangladesh -- Fiction.
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Muslim women -- England -- London -- Fiction.
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Muslim women -- Bangladesh -- Fiction.
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Bangladeshis -- Fiction.
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Sisters -- England -- London -- Fiction.
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Bangladeshis -- England -- Fiction.
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Women immigrants -- Fiction.
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Young women -- Fiction.
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Bangladeshis -- England -- London -- Fiction.
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| SUBJECT |
London (England) -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008106611
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Bangladesh http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81063207 -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001562
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| Genre/Form |
Belletristische Darstellung
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| LC no. |
2003042795 |
| ISBN |
9780743243315 (paperback) |
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0743243315 (paperback) |
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