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She Writes Press
October 2014
On Sale: October 7, 2014
ISBN: 1938314972
EAN: 9781938314971
Kindle: B00NE4HPBQ
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Women's Fiction
It is 1554 in the desert of Rajasthan, and a new Mughal emperor is expanding his territory. On a rare night of rain, a daughter, Adhira, is born to a family of Hindu temple dancers. Fearing a bleak future, her fatherβagainst his wife and sonsβ protestsβputs his faith in tradition and in his last child for each to save the other: he insists Adhira βmarryβ the temple deity and give herself to a wealthy patron. But after one terrible evening, she makes a bold choice that carries her familyβs story and their dance to a startling new beginning. Told from the perspective of this exquisite dancer and filled with the sounds, sights and flavors of the Indian desert, Faint Promise of Rain is the story of a family and a girl caught between art, duty, and fear in a changing world.
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