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The Toss of a Lemon

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Toss of a Lemon

Contributors:

By (Author) Padma Viswanathan

ISBN:

9781921401305

Publisher:

UWA Publishing

Imprint:

UWAP

Publication Date:

1st June 2009

Country:

Australia

Classifications

Readership:

General

Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Dewey:

823

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

640

Dimensions:

Width 155mm, Height 235mm

Description

Inspired by her family history, Padma Viswanathan takes us deep inside the private lives of a Brahmin family as the subcontinent moves through sixty years of intense social and political change. At the novel's heart is Sivakami, a captivating girl-child married at ten to an astrologer and village healer who is drawn to her despite his horoscope, which foretells an early death - depending on how the stars align when their children are born. The Toss of a Lemon is heartbreaking and exhilarating, profoundly exotic and yet utterly recognisable in evoking the tensions that change brings to every family's doorstep.

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