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Nectar in a Sieve

Kamala Markandaya

3.69/5 (9521 ratings)

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Married as a child bride to a tenant farmer she had never met, Rukmani works side by side in the field with her husband to wrest a living from a land ravaged by droughts, monsoons, and insects. With remarkable fortitude and courage, she meets changing times and fights poverty and disaster.

This beautiful and eloquent story tells of a simple peasant woman in a primitive village in India whose whole life is a gallant and persistent battle to care for those she loves—an unforgettable novel that "will wring your heart out" (The Associated Press).

Named Notable Book of 1955 by the American Library Association.

Format:

Pages:: 186 pages

Publication:: 2002

Publisher:: Signet

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0451528239

ISBN13:: 9780451528230

kindle Asin:: B0C3WTZF35

Nectar in a Sieve

Kamala Markandaya

3.69/5 (9521 ratings)

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Married as a child bride to a tenant farmer she had never met, Rukmani works side by side in the field with her husband to wrest a living from a land ravaged by droughts, monsoons, and insects. With remarkable fortitude and courage, she meets changing times and fights poverty and disaster.

This beautiful and eloquent story tells of a simple peasant woman in a primitive village in India whose whole life is a gallant and persistent battle to care for those she loves—an unforgettable novel that "will wring your heart out" (The Associated Press).

Named Notable Book of 1955 by the American Library Association.

Format:

Pages:: 186 pages

Publication:: 2002

Publisher:: Signet

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0451528239

ISBN13:: 9780451528230

kindle Asin:: B0C3WTZF35

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