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Tamarind woman /
Anita Rau Badami
Tamarind woman / Anita Rau Badami. - 1st ed. - New York : Ballantine books, 2004. - 280 p. ; 18 cm.
Set in the railway colonies of India, tells the story of two genrerations of women, Kamini, an overachiever, lives in a self-imposed exile in Canada. Her mother, Saroja, nicknamed Tamarind Woman due to her sour tongue, is trapped by the customs of traditional Indian life. When Saroja informs her daughter that she has sold their house and is going on a journey across India alone by train, both women are plunged into the past, confronting their dreams and disappointments as well as their long-held secrets.
9780345464941
Domestic fiction.
Mothers and daughters.
823.914 / ANI
Tamarind woman / Anita Rau Badami. - 1st ed. - New York : Ballantine books, 2004. - 280 p. ; 18 cm.
Set in the railway colonies of India, tells the story of two genrerations of women, Kamini, an overachiever, lives in a self-imposed exile in Canada. Her mother, Saroja, nicknamed Tamarind Woman due to her sour tongue, is trapped by the customs of traditional Indian life. When Saroja informs her daughter that she has sold their house and is going on a journey across India alone by train, both women are plunged into the past, confronting their dreams and disappointments as well as their long-held secrets.
9780345464941
Domestic fiction.
Mothers and daughters.
823.914 / ANI