The woman who climbed trees : a novel /
Smriti Ravindra,
The woman who climbed trees : a novel / Smriti Ravindra. - First edition. - viii, 421 pages ; 24 cm.
Exquisitely written, a blend of ghost stories, myths, and song, The Woman Who Climbed Trees is a haunting, deeply felt multi-generational story that illuminates the transitional nature of women's lives and the feeling of loss they experience, as they give up one home and family to become part of another. When she marries a man from Nepal, Meena must leave behind her family and home in India and forge a new identity in a strange place. The Woman Who Climbed Trees follows her, the women who surround her, and the daughter she eventually raises, as they carefully navigate the uncertain tides of their diasporic lives.
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Women--India--Fiction.
Marriage--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.
Feminist fiction.
Nepal--Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Ghost stories.
The woman who climbed trees : a novel / Smriti Ravindra. - First edition. - viii, 421 pages ; 24 cm.
Exquisitely written, a blend of ghost stories, myths, and song, The Woman Who Climbed Trees is a haunting, deeply felt multi-generational story that illuminates the transitional nature of women's lives and the feeling of loss they experience, as they give up one home and family to become part of another. When she marries a man from Nepal, Meena must leave behind her family and home in India and forge a new identity in a strange place. The Woman Who Climbed Trees follows her, the women who surround her, and the daughter she eventually raises, as they carefully navigate the uncertain tides of their diasporic lives.
9780063240483 0063240483
GBC306078 bnb
020867382 Uk
Women--India--Fiction.
Marriage--Fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.
Feminist fiction.
Nepal--Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Ghost stories.