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Out of the rich culture of India and the brutal drama of the 1947 Partition comes this lush and eloquent debut novel about two women married to the same man. Roop is a young girl whose mother has died and whose father is deep in debt. So she is elated to learn she is to become the second... read more

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  • Roop: Second wife of the wealthy Sardarji, and mother of his son.
  • Sardarji: Wealthy, Oxford-educated Punjabi landowner and civil engineer
  • Satya: Sardarji first wife. Because she is barren he is allowed to take a new wife to give him a son.
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  1. Shauna Singh Baldwin (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Country: Canada
Publication Date: 1999
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