The Tiffin

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Every day in the vast and vibrant city of Bombay, thousands of dabbawalla deliverymen transport hundreds of thousands of freshly prepared lunches in tiffin boxes, straight from workers homes and into their offices. Even though the city is a maze of streets, and the tiffins carry a delivery code just dabbawallas can understand, no lunch ever gets lost. Well, almost never...When a secret note in a tiffin box goes astray, the consequences for a young boy are devastating. Separated from his mother and forced to work as a slave in a cafe, Kunal is sure that if he could just find his family, his fortunes would change forever. If a lost note was the beginning of his destiny, could he use another to change itAn evocative portrayal of fate and family in India.THE TIFFIN was shortlisted for the 2012 Book of the Year for Children Award by the Canadian Library Association.The novel was also selected for the 2013 Manitoba Young Readers Choice Awards shortlist, which gives young people the opportunity to vote for their favourite Canadian book.

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What makes family - the people we're born to or those we choose to love A warm, unusual take of a boy's search for identity. * Metro *

Author Bio

Mahtab was born in Mumbai, India, but at the time she grew up there it was called Bombay and always will be, in her mind. As a child, though not overly shy, she wasn't too enterprising or ambitious. She will always be thankful to her mother, who pushed her to try out new things. Mahtab has always been an avid reader, and her childhood summers were filled with books, more books and sunshine. Mahtab is a Persian name and it means moonlight. She never really appreciated its beauty until recently and now that she does, all her books have some description of moonlight in each of them. So, that's her sharing her little secret! Mahtab emmigrated to Canada in 1997. Her first novel, THE THIRD EYE, took four years and twenty rewrites before making it to publication. It went on to win the Silver Birch Award in 2009. Mahtab lives in Toronto with her husband, Rahul, son, Aftab and her golden retriever, Coby. She continues to write, inspired by life, love and the desire to make sense of the world through stories. Follow Mahtab at www.mahtabnarsimhan.com or on Twitter: @MahtabNarsimhan