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020			_a9780143066576
020			_a0451531728 (pbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn686765641
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100	1		_aMarkandaya, Kamala, _d1924-2004.
245	1	0	_aNectar in a sieve / _cKamala Markandaya ;
260			_aGurugram: _bPenguin Books, _c2009.
300			_a192p. _c18 cm.
504			_aSelected bibliography: p. [203]-204.
520			_aFeaturing a new introduction and afterword, this critically acclaimed novel tells the story of India and its people through the eyes of one woman and her experiences in one peasant family in a primitive Indian village. Married as a child bride to a tenant farmer she had never seen, she worked side by side in the field with her husband to wrest a living from the land that was ravaged by droughts, monsoons, and insects. With remarkable fortitude and courage, she sought to meet changing times and fight poverty and disaster. She saw one of her infants die from starvation, her daughter becomes a prostitute, and her sons leave the land for jobs which she distrusted. And, somehow, she survived. This beautiful and eloquent story tells of a simple peasant woman in a primitive village in India whose whole life was a gallant and persistent battle to care for those she loved-an unforgettable novel that will wring your heart out.
650		0	_aWomen _zIndia _vFiction.
650		0	_aFarmers' spouses _vFiction.
650		0	_aMarried women _vFiction.
650		0	_aFarm life _vFiction.
651		0	_aIndia _vFiction.
710	2		_aCopyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress) _5DLC
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