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Zusatztext A No. 1 bestseller in Canada! "Secret Daughter" tells a nuanced coming-of-age story that is faithful to the economic and emotional realities of two very different cultures. Informationen zum Autor Shilpi Somaya Gowda was born and raised in Toronto to parents who migrated there from Mumbai. She holds an MBA from Stanford University and a BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1991, she spent a summer as a volunteer in an Indian orphanage. She has lived in New York, North Carolina, and Texas, and currently makes her home in California with her husband and children. Klappentext Somer’s life is everything sheimagined it would be—she’snewly married and has startedher career as a physician in SanFrancisco—until she makes the devastatingdiscovery she never will beable to have children. The same year in India! a poormother makes the heartbreakingchoice to save her newborn daughter’slife by giving her away. It is adecision that will haunt Kavita forthe rest of her life! and cause aripple effect that travels across theworld and back again. Asha! adopted out of a Mumbaiorphanage! is the child that bindsthe destinies of these two women. Wefollow both families! invisibly connecteduntil Asha’s journey of self-discoveryleads her back to India. Compulsively readable anddeeply touching! Secret Daughter isa story of the unforeseen ways inwhich our choices and families affectour lives! and the indelible power oflove in all its many forms. Zusammenfassung “Moving and thought-provoking and informative and imaginative and beautifully executed. What a wonderful story!” —Mary Jane Clark “This book is a must for anyone touched by adoption! or India! or the delicate dynamic between adolescent girls and their mothers.” —Sujata Massey! author of Shimura Trouble Secret Daughter ! a first novel by Shilpi Somaya Gowda! explores powerfully and poignantly the emotional terrain of motherhood! loss! identity! and love through the experiences of two families—one Indian! one American—and the child that binds them together. A masterful work set partially in the Mumbai slums so vividly portrayed in the hit film Slumdog Millionaire ! Secret Daughter recalls the acclaimed novels of Kim Edwards and Thrity Umrigar! yet sparkles with the freshness of a truly exciting new literary voice. ...
