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Description

Named Notable Book of 1955 by the American Library Association, this is the very moving story of a peasant woman in a primitive village in India whose whole life was a gallant and persistent battle to care for those she loved. "Comparable in many ways to Cry, the Beloved Country ...if... read more

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First Sentence

SOMETIMES at night I think that my husband is with me again, coming gently through the mists, and we are tranquil together.

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  1. Kamala Markandaya (Author)
 

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