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Highlights
- This wonderfully atmospheric, deliciously warm novel takes the reader into the heart of women's lives in contemporary India, revealing how the dilemmas that women face in their relationships with husbands, mothers, friends, employers and children are the same world over.
- About the Author: Anita Nair lives in Bangalore, India.
- 320 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Family Life
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This wonderfully atmospheric, deliciously warm novel takes the reader into contemporary India, revealing how the dilemmas that women face in their relationships are the same world over.Book Synopsis
This wonderfully atmospheric, deliciously warm novel takes the reader into the heart of women's lives in contemporary India, revealing how the dilemmas that women face in their relationships with husbands, mothers, friends, employers and children are the same world over.
Meet Akhila: forty-five and single, an income-tax clerk, and a woman who has never been allowed to live her own life - always the daughter, the sister, the aunt, the provider - until the day she gets herself a one-way ticket to the seaside town of Kanyakumari. In the intimate atmosphere of the all-women sleeping car - the 'Ladies Coupe' - Akhila asks the five women the question that has been haunting her all her adult life: can a woman stay single and be happy, or does she need a man to feel complete?Review Quotes
"Modern India's vivid, sticky beauty is evoled beautifully...Nair's compassion for her characters shines through every carefully chosen word." --Sunday Tribune
"Nair's strength lies in bringing alive the everyday thoughts, desires and doubts of these six ordinary women." --Times Literary Supplement "A deeply serious, enjoyably lucid book about real terrors and joys, full of sensual and surprising details." --Scotland on Sunday "Nair conveys her protagonist's dilemmas with a freshness and charm." --The TimesAbout the Author
Anita Nair lives in Bangalore, India. Her books have been published in several languages around the world.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.28 Inches (H) x 5.52 Inches (W) x .82 Inches (D)
Weight: .64 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 320
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Family Life
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Anita Nair
Language: English
Street Date: June 1, 2004
TCIN: 90812741
UPC: 9780312320874
Item Number (DPCI): 247-45-9796
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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