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Arranged Marriage

Stories

Stories

By Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

By Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

By Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

By Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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Category: Women's Fiction

Category: Women's Fiction

Paperback $17.00

May 01, 1996 | ISBN 9780385483506

Ebook $12.99

Sep 15, 2009 | ISBN 9780307476784

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    About Arranged Marriage

    Although Chitra Divakaruni’s poetry has won praise and awards for many years, it is her "luminous, exquisitely crafted prose" (Ms.) that is quickly making her one of the brightest rising stars in the changing face of American literature. Arranged Marriage, her first collection of stories, spent five weeks on the San Francisco Chronicle bestseller list and garnered critical acclaim that would have been extraordinary for even a more established author.For the young girls and women brought to life in these stories, the possibility of change, of starting anew, is both as terrifying and filled with promise as the ocean that separates them from their homes in India. From the story of a young bride whose fairy-tale vision of California is shattered when her husband is murdered and she must face the future on her own, to a proud middle-aged divorced woman determined to succeed in San Francisco, Divakaruni’s award-winning poetry fuses here with prose for the first time to create eleven devastating portraits of women on the verge of an unforgettable transformation.

    About Arranged Marriage

    Although Chitra Divakaruni’s poetry has won praise and awards for many years, it is her "luminous, exquisitely crafted prose" (Ms.) that is quickly making her one of the brightest rising stars in the changing face of American literature. Arranged Marriage, her first collection of stories, spent five weeks on the San Francisco Chronicle bestseller list and garnered critical acclaim that would have been extraordinary for even a more established author.For the young girls and women brought to life in these stories, the possibility of change, of starting anew, is both as terrifying and filled with promise as the ocean that separates them from their homes in India. From the story of a young bride whose fairy-tale vision of California is shattered when her husband is murdered and she must face the future on her own, to a proud middle-aged divorced woman determined to succeed in San Francisco, Divakaruni’s award-winning poetry fuses here with prose for the first time to create eleven devastating portraits of women on the verge of an unforgettable transformation.

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    About Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

    Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is the author of the novels Sister of My Heart, Before We Visit the Goddess, and Oleander Girl. She has also written the prize-winning story collections Arranged Marriage and The Unknown Errors of Our Lives. Divakaruni lives in Houston, Texas, and teaches… More about Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

    About Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

    Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is the author of the novels Sister of My Heart, Before We Visit the Goddess, and Oleander Girl. She has also written the prize-winning story collections Arranged Marriage and The Unknown Errors of Our Lives. Divakaruni lives in Houston, Texas, and teaches… More about Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

    Product Details

    Category: Women’s Fiction

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Anchor
    May 01, 1996 | 320 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780385483506

    Category: Women’s Fiction

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Anchor
    Sep 15, 2009 | 320 Pages | ISBN 9780307476784

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    Praise

    "A remarkably strong debut . . . The all-too-imperfect lives of Divakaruni’s heroines, like precious gems, are unrecognized treasures, worthy of being praised, protected and held dear."– San Jose Mercury News

    "Both universal and unique."– Kirkus Reviews

    "Beautifully told stories of transformed lives . . . Both liberated and trapped by cultural changes on both sides of the ocean, these women struggle fiercely to carve out an identity of their own." —San Francisco Chronicle

    "These are ravishingly beautiful stories, some profoundly sad, others full of revelation, all unforgettable."  –Booklist

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