Rice mother

av Rani Manicka (forfatter).

2010 Heftet

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At the age of fourteen, Lakshimi leaves her native Ceylon and travels to far off Malaya to marry a man many years her senior. Giving birth to a child every year until she is nineteen, Lakshimi becomes a formidable matriarch despite her tender years. By sheer willpower she survives the oriental nightmare of the Japanese invasion, but her family bears deep scars on its back and in turn inflicts those wounds on the next generation. Not until Lakshmi's granddaughter, Nisha, pieces together the mosaic that is her family history, does the legacy of the Rice Mother bear fruit.

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A compelling glimpse into a captivatingly exotic world of myth and magic.Beguiled by promises of wealth, fourteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her native Ceylon for Malaya and marriage to a man many years her senior. But Ayah has lied to her and her family about his circumstances and in fact he lives in poverty. A woman of formidable energy and intelligence, Lakshmi provides security, if not luxury, for her family, though at a considerable emotional cost. Then the Japanese army invades during WWII.The family bears deep scars and inflicts those wounds on the next generation. But in Nisha, Lakshmi's great-granddaughter, it is as if Fate has come full circle . . .

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Utgivelsesår 2010

Format Heftet

ISBN13 9781444706581

EAN 9781444706581

Omtalt tid 1900-tallet

Omtalt sted Malaysia

Språk Engelsk

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