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008 230104s2023 nyu 000 1 eng d
020 _a9780063142381
_q(hardback)
020 _a0063142384
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100 1 _aDivakaruni, Chitra Banerjee,
_d1956-
_eauthor.
_9131742
245 1 0 _aIndependence :
_ba novel /
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bWilliam Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
_c[2023]
300 _a275 pages ;
_c24 cm
500 _a"Originally published as Independence in India in 2022 by HarperCollins India." --Title page verso.
520 _a"India, 1947. In a village in Bengal live three sisters, daughters of a well-respected doctor. Priya: intelligent and idealistic, resolved to follow in her father's footsteps and become a doctor though society frowns on it. Deepa: the beauty, determined to make a marriage that will bring her family joy and status. Jamini: devout, sharp-eyed, and a talented quiltmaker, with deeper passions than she reveals. Theirs is a home of love and safety, a refuge from the violent events taking shape in the nation. Then their father is killed during a riot, and even their neighbors turn against them, bringing the events of their country closer to home. When the partition of India is officially decided, a drastic--and dangerous--change is in the air. India is now for Hindus, Pakistan for Muslims. The sisters find themselves separated from one another, each on a different path. They fear for what will happen to not just themselves, but one another."--
650 0 _aSisters
_vFiction.
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650 0 _aFathers
_xDeath
_vFiction.
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651 0 _aIndia
_xSocial life and customs
_y20th century
_vFiction.
_9131745
651 0 _aIndia
_xHistory
_yPartition, 1947
_vFiction.
_9131746
651 0 _aBengal (India)
_vFiction.
_9131747
655 7 _aHistorical fiction.
_2lcgft
_9131748
655 7 _aDomestic fiction.
_2lcgft
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999 _c63279
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