Meet Akhila: forty-five and single, an income-tax clerk, and a
woman who has never been allowed to live her own life - always the
daughter, the sister, the aunt, the provider - until the day she
gets herself a one-way ticket to the seaside town of Kanyakumari.
In the intimate atmosphere of the all-women sleeping car - the
'Ladies Coupe' - Akhila asks the five women the question that has
been haunting her all her adult life: can a woman stay single and
be happy, or does she need a man to feel complete?
This wonderfully atmospheric, deliciously warm novel takes the
reader into the heart of women's lives in contemporary India,
revealing how the dilemmas that women face in their relationships
with hunsbands, mothers, friends, employers and children are the
same world over.
General
Imprint: |
Griffin Trade Paperbacks
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2000 |
First published: |
June 2004 |
Authors: |
Anita Nair
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Dimensions: |
210 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
306 |
Edition: |
1st St. Martin's Griffin Ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-312-32087-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
Promotions
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LSN: |
0-312-32087-6 |
Barcode: |
9780312320874 |
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