Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Before We Visit The GoddessISBN13:9781476792019ISBN10:1476792011Author:Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee (Author)Description:A Beautiful, Deeply Affecting (Kirkus Reviews) Novel From The Bestselling, Award-Winning Author Of Sister Of My Heart And The Mistress Of Spices About Three Generations Of Mothers And Daughters Who Must Discover Their Greatest Source Of Strength In One Another Sweeping Across The Twentieth Century, From The Countryside Of Bengal, India, To The Streets Of Houston, Texas, Before We Visit The Goddess Takes Readers On An Extraordinary Journey Through The Lives Of Three Unforgettable Women: Sabitri, Bela, And Tara As The Young Daughter Of A Poor Rural Baker, Sabitri Yearns To Get An Education, But Schooling Is Impossible On The Meager Profits From Her Mother's Sweetshop When A Powerful Local Woman Takes Sabitri Under Her Wing, Her Generous Offer Soon Proves Dangerous After Sabitri Makes A Single, Unforgiveable Misstep Years Later, Sabitri's Own Daughter, Bela, Haunted By Her Mother's Choices, Flees To America With Her Political Refugee Lover--But The World She Finds Is Vastly Different From Her Dreams As The Marriage Crumbles And Bela Decides To Forge Her Own Path, She Unwittingly Teaches Her Little Girl, Tara, Indelible Lessons About Freedom And Loyalty That Will Take A Lifetime To Unravel Told Through A Sparkling Symphony Of Voices--Those Of The Women Themselves And The Men Who Loved Them--Before We Visit The Goddess Captures The Gorgeous Complexity Of These Multi-Generational And Transcontinental Relationships, Showing The Deep Threads Of Love And Hope And Bravery That Define A Family And A Life This Is A Gracefully Insightful, Dazzlingly Descriptive, And Covertly Stinging Tale That] Illuminates The Opposition Women Must Confront, Generation By Generation, As They Seek Both Independence And Connection (Booklist, Starred Review) Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Simon & SchusterPublication Date:2017-04-25Weight:0.53 lbsDimensions:0.7'' H x 8.3'' L x 5.4'' WNumber of Pages:240Language:English
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Book Title: Before We Visit the Goddess : a Novel
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Topic: Contemporary Women, Family Life, Asian American
Publication Year: 2017
Item Height: 0.8 in
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 7.9 Oz
Author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Item Length: 8.4 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
