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Bantam
May 2007
On Sale: May 1, 2007
Featuring: Kiran; Preity; Rani
448 pages ISBN: 055338452X EAN: 9780553384529 Paperback
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Women's Fiction
For decades they have remained close, sharing treasured recipes, honored customs, and the challenges of women shaped by ancient ways yet living modern lives. They are the Hindi-Bindi Club, a nickname given by their American daughters to the mothers who left India to start anewβ daughters now grown and facing struggles of their own. For Kiran, Preity, and Rani, adulthood bears the indelible stamp of their upbringing, from the ways they tweak their mothersβ cooking to suit their Western lifestyles to the ways they reject their mothersβ most fervent beliefs. Now, bearing the disappointments and successes of their chosen paths, these daughters are drawn inexorably home. Kiran, divorced, will seek a new beginningβthis time requesting the aid of an ancient tradition she once dismissed. Preity will confront an old heartbreakβand a hidden shame. And Rani will face her demons as an artist and a wife. All will question whether they have the courage of the Hindi-Bindi Club, to hold on to their dreamsβor to create new ones. An elegant tapestry of East and West, peppered with food and ceremony, wisdom and sensuality, this luminous novel breathes new life into timeless themes.
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