Arranged Marriage
Author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
A beautiful and poignant, award-winning collection which focuses on immigrants from India caught between two worlds. For the women brought to life in these stories, the possibility of change, of starting anew, is at once terrifying and filled with promise, like the ocean that separates them from their homes in India.For them, independence is a mixed blessing.It means walki….Read More
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