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William Morrow
March 2010
On Sale: March 9, 2010
Featuring: Somer; Kavita
352 pages ISBN: 0061922315 EAN: 9780061922312 Hardcover
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Fiction Family Life | Multicultural Indian
A stunning debut novel that explores the emotional
terrain of motherhood, loss, identity and culture, witnessed
through the lives of two families, one Indian, one American,
and the daughter who indelibly binds them. On the eve of the monsoons, in a remote Indian village,
Kavita gives birth to a baby girl. But in a culture that
favors sons, the only way for Kavita to save her newborn
daughter’s life is to give her away. It is a decision that
will haunt her and her husband for the rest of their lives,
even after the arrival of their cherished son. Halfway around the globe, Somer, an American doctor, decides
to adopt a child after making the wrenching discovery that
she will never have one of her own. When she and her husband
Krishnan see a photo of the baby with the gold-flecked eyes
from a Mumbai orphanage, they are convinced that the love
they already feel will overcome all obstacles. Interweaving the stories of Kavita, Somer, and the child
that binds their destinies, Secret Daughter poignantly
explores issues of culture and belonging. Moving between two
worlds and two families, one struggling to survive the fetid
slums of Mumbai, the other grappling to forge a cohesive
family despite diverging cultural identities, this powerful
debut novel marks the arrival of a fresh talent poised for
great success.
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