A best-selling first collection of eleven stories includes the tales of a California bride who is devastated after her husband's murder and a proud middle-aged divorcee who vows to succeed. Reprint.
This collection of short stories chronicles the experience of Indian-born women in America. Winner of the 1996 American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation, the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award for Fiction, and the PEN Oakland Award for Fiction.
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Themes
- Subgenre: Literary Genres + Types of Novels, Human Qualities + Behavior, Peoples + Cultures
- Publisher: Anchor Books
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: June 1, 1996
- Date Published: June 1, 1996
- Author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni