Nectar in a Sieve
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- Synopsis
- "Married as a child bride to a tenant farmer she had never seen, Rukmani worked side by side in the rice paddy with her husband to wrest a living from land that was ravaged by droughts, monsoons, and insects. With remarkable fortitude and courage, she sought to meet the challenge of changing times and to fight poverty and disaster. She saw one of her infants die of starvation, her daughter become a prostitute, and her sons leave the land for jobs she distrusted. And somehow she survived. This beautiful and eloquent story tells of a simple peasant woman in a primitive village in India whose whole live was a gallant and persistent battle to care for those she loved."
- Copyright:
- 2002
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 211 Pages
- Publisher:
- Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- Date of Addition:
- 11/03/05
- Copyrighted By:
- Indira Ganesan
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Amber W
- Proofread By:
- Grandma Cindy
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.