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Nectar in a Sieve

3.8/5 ( ratings)

The acclaimed million-copy bestselling novel about a woman's struggle to find happiness in a changing India.

Married as a child bride to a tenant farmer she had never met, Rukmani works side by side in the field with her husband to wrest a living from a land ravaged by droughts, monsoons, and insects. With remarkable fortitude and courage, she meets changing times and fights poverty and disaster.

This beautiful and eloquent story tells of a simple peasant woman in a primitive village in India whose whole life is a gallant and persistent battle to care for those she loves—an unforgettable novel that "will wring your heart out" .

With an Introduction by Indira Ganesan and a New Afterword by Thrity Umrigar.

Language: English

Pages: 224

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Signet Book

Release: December 07, 2010

ISBN: 0451531728

ISBN 13: 9780451531728

Nectar in a Sieve

3.8/5 ( ratings)

The acclaimed million-copy bestselling novel about a woman's struggle to find happiness in a changing India.

Married as a child bride to a tenant farmer she had never met, Rukmani works side by side in the field with her husband to wrest a living from a land ravaged by droughts, monsoons, and insects. With remarkable fortitude and courage, she meets changing times and fights poverty and disaster.

This beautiful and eloquent story tells of a simple peasant woman in a primitive village in India whose whole life is a gallant and persistent battle to care for those she loves—an unforgettable novel that "will wring your heart out" .

With an Introduction by Indira Ganesan and a New Afterword by Thrity Umrigar.

Language: English

Pages: 224

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Signet Book

Release: December 07, 2010

ISBN: 0451531728

ISBN 13: 9780451531728

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