A big, intensely involving and evocative Indian novel, perfect for fans of Vikas Swarup's Slumdog Millioniare, with its emotive and, ultimately, redemptive story. Mamta is one of seven children and learns early on in her childhood what it means to be born female in rural India. Married to a savagely unkind and brutal husband, she flees to the city to try and make a new life for herself. Sharing her story are her mother, Lata Bai, the saintly Lokend, her ever-loving brother Prem, a soul-searching bandit and a brutal landlord. This is a redemptive story, despite the often unforgiving setting, and one that is difficult to put down.
'A riveting page-turner that fills the reader with rage and despair and yet, somehow, against all the odds, finds the end a message of love and hope.' Daily Mail
Title: Someone else's garden
Subtitle:
Contributors:
By (author)
Dipika Rai
ISBN 13: 9780007355112
ISBN 10: 0007355114
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: HarperPress
Publication Date: 20/04/2012
Place of Publication:
London,
United Kingdom
Edition:
BIC Subjects:
Modern fiction
Dewey Classification:
823.92
(DC23)
NBS Classification: General & Literary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Height: 197mm
Width: 130mm
Weight: 277g