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Bindi : a novel / Paul Matthew Maisano.
Van Pelt Library PS3613.A3517 B56 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maisano, Paul Matthew, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orphans--India--Fiction.
- Orphans.
- Adopted children--Fiction.
- Adopted children.
- India.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Domestic fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 325 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2018.
- Summary:
- "Kerala, 1993: Eight-year-old Birendra suddenly loses his mother, but he refuses to believe he's an orphan. He's certain that his mother's twin sister, the troubled but winning Nayana, will come for him all the way from West London. But when the letter informing Nayana of her sister's death goes missing, numerous lives are forever altered, and Birendra is set adrift. Madeline, a Los Angeles native and interior designer to the stars, is floundering in her personal life. In the aftermath of a failed attempt to get pregnant, she flies to India where she finds herself face-to-face with Birendra. In a moment of sudden certainty, she decides she must adopt the boy in order to save them both"--Provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9780316509480
- 0316509485
- OCLC:
- 1046981682
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