A People's History of Heaven

Informationen zum Autor Mathangi Subramanian is an award-winning writer, author and educator with a doctorate in communications and education. Her writing has appeared in  The Washington Post.com, Ms. Magazine Digital, Al Jazeera America  and elsewhere and she has received fellowships including a Fulbright-Nehru Senior Scholarship.  Klappentext A dazzling tribute to the resilience and determination of a remarkable community of women Nestled between the luxury high-rise blocks of Bangalore is an ironically named slum called Heaven. It's here that five girls ¿ Muslim, Christian and Hindu; gay and straight¿¿ forge a binding friendship. But when Heaven is threatened by government bulldozers, the girls must come together to save the home they've built from nothing. Sparkling with passion and humour, A People's History of Heaven is the story of these unforgettable young women and their determination, not only to survive, but to triumph in a city that would prefer to forget them. Zusammenfassung A dazzling tribute to the resilience and determination of a remarkable community of women! for fans of Shantaram and Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Product details

• Authors: Mathangi Subramanian
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.09.2019
• EAN: 9781786076762
• ISBN: 978-1-78607-676-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 233 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / General, FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Women, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Family Life / General, India, Poverty & unemployment, Women's health, Women’s health, FICTION / LGBTQ+ / Gay, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary