{"product_id":"sister-of-my-heart-1","title":"Sister of my Heart by Sister Of My Heart by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook summary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in the big old Calcutta house on the same tragic night that both their fathers were mysteriously lost, Sudha and Anju are cousins. Closer even than sisters, they share clothes, worries, dreams in the matriarchal Chatterjee household. But when Sudha discovers a terrible secret about the past, their mutual loyalty is sorely tested. A family crisis forces their mothers to start the serious business of arranging the girls’ marriages, and the pair is torn apart. Sudha moves to her New family’s home in rural Bengal, while Anju joins her immigrant husband in California. Although they have both been trained to be perfect wives, nothing has prepared them for the pain, as well as the joy, that each will have to face in her New life. Steeped in the mysticism of ancient tales, this jewel-like novel shines its light on the bonds of family, on love and loss, against the realities of traditional marriage in modern times.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"338\" data-end=\"704\" class=\"\"\u003eBorn in Calcutta, India, in 1956, Divakaruni moved to the United States in 1976. She earned her Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Berkeley, where she later taught. Currently, she serves as the Betty and Gene McDavid Professor of Writing at the University of Houston \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"706\" data-end=\"864\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003eHer literary works encompass novels, short stories, poetry, and young adult fiction, often exploring the intersections of Indian and American cultures.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\"\u003eDivakaruni's writing has been translated into 29 languages, and several of her works have been adapted into films and plays\u003c\/span\u003e .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Best of used books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":44274686460161,"sku":"2R3UMKDTT-Used","price":150.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/4299\/0495\/products\/SisterofmyHeart_ab3cc325-db99-48fe-ae2b-0552e613e574.jpg?v=1657970914","url":"https:\/\/bestofusedbooks.com\/products\/sister-of-my-heart-1","provider":"Best Of Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}