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When Rakhee Singh is ten years old, her mother takes her from their Minnesota home to visit relatives in India. There she discovers a family secret that will haunt her. Only as a woman on the verge of marriage does Rakhee find the strength to confront the events of that summer and face the price of secrets.
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Anju and Sudha novels volume 2
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The beloved characters of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s bestselling novel Sister of My Heart are reunited in this powerful narrative that challenges the emotional bond between two lifelong friends, as the husband of one becomes dangerously attracted to the other.
Anju and Sudha formed an astounding, almost psychic connection during their childhood in India. When Anju invites Sudha, a single mother in Calcutta, to come live with...
Anju and Sudha formed an astounding, almost psychic connection during their childhood in India. When Anju invites Sudha, a single mother in Calcutta, to come live with...
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Torn between her disparate roles as dutiful Muslim daughter and independent American woman, Layla reluctantly agrees to an arranged marriage to an Indian man she does not know, but as the time of the wedding approaches, she finds herself increasingly wary of the bargain she has made.
4) Other waters
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Her happy life in New York shattered by a property dispute in India that culminates in her father's claim that a curse has been placed on them, Maya rejects family superstitions until a series of misfortunes prompts her to visit relatives in India to break the curse.
5) Artifact
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A JEWEL OF AN ADVENTURE... "If Indiana Jones had a sister, it would definitely be historian Jaya Jones." — Suspense Magazine When historian Jaya Jones receives a mysterious package containing a jewel-encrusted artifact from India, she discovers the secrets of a lost Indian treasure may be hidden in a Scottish legend from the days of the British Raj. But she's not the only one on the trail. From San Francisco to the Highlands of Scotland,
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An Anita Ray mystery volume 2
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2012.
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English
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"It's high tourist season, and Anita, photographer and young woman of the world (she's East Indian American), is helping he aunt Meena run a thriving resort in south India. The family eagerly awaits the arrival of Surya, Anita's jet-setting cousin. But when she doesn't turn up, Surya's grandmother, Muttacchi, fears something awful has befallen the young woman. Soon Anita finds herself wondering about the condition of Muttacchi's estate. Places that...
11) The hometown
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[2011]
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"Mala Thomas, a 23-year-old Indian American, wants a big, multicultural city to escape her dead-end job and racial experiences in Indiana. She packs up her Acura Vigor and makes an impulsive move to Houston, Texas. In Houston, she doesn't get questioned about being Indian. The South is very different from the Midwest and Mala can't take the word "y'all" seriously. On her career path, she lands a job in the energy industry and falls for work-obsessed...
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