Keeping corner /
In India in the 1940s, twelve-year-old Leela's happy, spoiled childhood ends when her husband since age nine, whom she barely knows, dies, leaving her a widow whose only hope of happiness could come from Mahatma Ghandi's social and political reforms.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Hyperion,
[2007]
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| Edition: | 1st ed., uncorrected advance proof. |
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| Summary: | In India in the 1940s, twelve-year-old Leela's happy, spoiled childhood ends when her husband since age nine, whom she barely knows, dies, leaving her a widow whose only hope of happiness could come from Mahatma Ghandi's social and political reforms. |
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| Physical Description: | 275 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Awards: | A Junior Library Guild selection |
| ISBN: | 9780786838592 0786838590 |