The selector of souls : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307362933
- ISBN: 0307362922
- ISBN: 9780307362926
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Physical Description:
547 p. ; 25 cm.
print - Publisher: Toronto : Knopf Canada, c2012.
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Subject: | Infanticide -- Fiction Midwives -- India -- Fiction Women -- India -- Fiction India -- Social conditions -- Fiction |
Genre: | Canadian fiction. General |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Gibsons Public Library | FIC BALD (Text) | 30886000493276 | Adult Fiction Hardcover | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
The novel begins with a scene that is terrifying, harrowing and yet strangely tender: we're in the mid ranges of the Himalayas as a young woman gives birth to her third child with the help of her mother, Damini. Two fascinating, strong-willed women must deal with the relentless logic forced upon them by survival: Damini, a Hindu midwife, and Anu, who flees an abusive marriage for the sanctuary of the Catholic church. Canadian-born author - Montreal