Book description
The possibility of change, of starting anew, in this stunning beautiful
and poignant collection of short stories, is at once terrifying and
filled with promise. For those Indian-born women living new lives in
America, independence is a mixed blessing. It means walking the
tightrope between old treasured beliefs and surprising newfound desires,
and understanding the emotions which that conflict brings. Together
these stories create a tapestry of existence as colourful, as delicate
and as enduring as the finest silk sari. Born in India, Chitra
Banerjee Divakaruni lives near San Francisco with her husband and two
children. She teaches creative writing at a local college, and is the
coordinator for a helpline for South Asian women. She is the author of
several award-winning volumes of poetry, as well as Arranged Marriage,
her acclaimed collection of short stories, a bestseller in America and
winner of the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Prize for fiction, an American
Book Award, and the Bay Area Book Reviewers Award for fiction. She is
also the author of two novels, The Mistress of Spices and Sister of My
Heart.
