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First Darling of the Morning: Selected Memories of an Indian Childhood

By Thrity Umrigar

Book information

Publisher
HarperCollins
Year
2003
ISBN
9788172234638, 8172234635
ASIN
B001FA0SE2
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
705 kB (722194 bytes)
Pages
294\0
Time added
2015-03-28 11:57:44

Description

First Darling of the Morning is the powerful and poignant memoir of bestselling author Thrity Umrigar, tracing the arc of her Bombay childhood and adolescence from her earliest memories to her eventual departure for the United States at age twenty-one. It is an evocative, emotionally charged story of a young life steeped in paradox; of a middle-class Parsi girl attending Catholic school in a predominantly Hindu city; of a guilt-ridden stranger in her own land, an affluent child in a country mired in abysmal poverty. She reveals intimate secrets and offers an unflinching look at family issues once considered unspeakable as she interweaves two fascinating coming-of-age stories—one of a small child, and one of a nation.

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