by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni · Black Swan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780552997676
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«Sister of My Heart» is the contemporary novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, published by Black Swan in paperback (347 pages, in English).
Sudha and Anju, cousins born in Calcutta the same night their respective fathers disappear, grow up as sisters in the matriarchal Chatterjee household. A secret from the past and the marriages arranged by their mothers separate them: Sudha settles in rural Bengal and Anju emigrates to California with her husband.
First installment of the «Anju and Sudha» saga, published on November 4, 1999; it received a nomination for the Texas Bluebonnet Award in 2005.
For book clubs and for those seeking contemporary fiction about family, female friendship and experiences between India and the United States.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an Indian-born American author, poet, and the Betty and Gene McDavid Professor of Writing at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. Her short story collection, Arranged Marriage, won an American Book Award in 1996. Two of her novels, as well as a short story were adapted into films.
