Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Paperback | Pages: 322 pages Rating: 3.99 | 17699 Users | 1455 Reviews
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| Title | : | Sister of My Heart (Anju and Sudha #1) |
| Author | : | Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 322 pages |
| Published | : | 2000 by Anchor (first published 1999) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. India. Contemporary. Book Club |
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Anju is the daughter of an upper-caste Calcutta family; her cousin Sudha is the daughter of the black sheep of the family. Sudha is as beautiful, tenderhearted, and serious as Anju is plain, whip-smart, and defiant. yet since the day they were born, Sudha and Anju have been bonded in ways even their mothers cannot comprehend.The cousins' bond is shattered, however, when Sudha learns a dark family secret. Urged into arranged marriages, their lives take sudden, opposite turns: Sudha becomes the dutiful daughter-in-law of a rigid small-town household, while Anju goes to America with her new husband and learns to live her own life of secrets. Then tragedy strikes them both, and the women discover that, despite the distance that has grown between them, they have only each other to turn to. Set in the two worlds of India and America, this is an exceptionally moving novel of love, friendship, and compelling courage.
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| Original Title: | Sister of My Heart |
| ISBN: | 038548951X (ISBN13: 9780385489515) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.chitradivakaruni.com/books/#/sister-of-my-heart/ |
| Series: | Anju and Sudha #1 |
| Characters: | Anju & Sudha, Gouri, Pishi, and Nalini |
| Setting: | Calcutta(India) Kolkata(India) |
| Literary Awards: | Texas Bluebonnet Award Nominee (2005) |
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Ratings: 3.99 From 17699 Users | 1455 ReviewsCrit Based On Books Sister of My Heart (Anju and Sudha #1)
Reading this novel is like letting your heart be the passenger of the wildest roller coaster. And, for me, roller coaster is frustrating.So, yes, I was frustrated reading this beautiful novel.It is full of secrets, revealed one by one within the chapters. When the secret was out, I felt like leaving the book on the table. It was too hard to keep up with.But, I couldn't.So, I kept on reading until the last page. It was just too beautiful to leave behind.The characters, Anju and Sudha, are theReading this novel is like letting your heart be the passenger of the wildest roller coaster. And, for me, roller coaster is frustrating.So, yes, I was frustrated reading this beautiful novel.It is full of secrets, revealed one by one within the chapters. When the secret was out, I felt like leaving the book on the table. It was too hard to keep up with.But, I couldn't.So, I kept on reading until the last page. It was just too beautiful to leave behind.The characters, Anju and Sudha, are the
This is a late review. The book was published eleven years ago in 1999 by Doubleday. Yet, I hadnt heard of the author until this month, even though I have seen the movie Mistress of Spices, based on her novel by the same title. After reading the book, I read a number of reviews of the novel. I wanted to see what other readers, critics and reviewers thought of the novel, especially the authors style. Most reviews I read gave positive review of the novel and extolled the authors gift of writing.
OMG was that good!! It gives "beautifully written" a whole new meaning! I particularly liked it because I spent many years selling new homes to young Indian couples in Naperville, IL. I learned from them that even in the late 20th century successful young men still return home to fulfill the tradition of the arranged marriage. Some seemed to have found love with one another, but some didn't!! Thus, I felt a great infinity with these characters - more like non-fiction. Another observance - that
This is the story of two cousins, Anju and Sudha, who grow up together as sisters in Calcutta, and the secrets, loves and life events that threaten to come between them. It is about the differing lives chosen by (or perhaps, more accurately, chosen for) these girls as they turn into women. It is about how they manage the potentially heart-breaking situations life throws at them. There were plenty of twists in the story - some more surprising than others. Told by the two girls in alternating
Though the story-line is good but the ending is rather sudden or I thought it is. I was bit disappointed that my hunch was not challenged. But all in all it was a goodread and gives you much fodder to think about. The main highlights were the plights of widow, the struggle of a single women, the superstitious beliefs, role of matriarch, the issue of female feticide. I find the author did justice to all the issues without dramatizing anything. I had watched a Pakistani drama Mera Naseeb (
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and I go way back. She helps out as an on-stage interviewer for a great Houston-based reading series, Inprint. I was there when she was torn to shreds by Orhan Pamuk. I witnessed her redemption when her interview with friend, Amy Tan went more smoothly. Chitra is always smiling and approachable. She teaches creative writing at the University of Houston. Ive heard her on the local NPR station. In short, she feels accessible to me.Inprint flies in big name authors from
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