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Indlæser... Secret Daughter Publisher: William Morrow (udgave 2009)af Shilpi Somaya Gowda (Forfatter)
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Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog.   BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |  Explores powerfully and poignantly the emotional terrain of motherhood, loss, identity, and love through the experiences of two families—one Indian, one American—and the child that binds them together. A masterful work set partially in the Mumbai slums so vividly portrayed Gmomaj | Apr 15, 2023 |  ) cathy.lemann | Mar 21, 2023 | ) trayseeta | Feb 13, 2022 | When Kavita gives birth to a second daughter, she risks her life to give her daughter Usha a better life by giving her up for adoption. In America, Somer, a blond-haired, blue-eyed doctor married to an Indian doctor, Krishnan, finally agrees to adopt an Indian child after several devastating miscarriages and early onset menopause. The daughter, renamed Asha, becomes the tentative focal point between these two parallel lives of mothers who struggle to create a life both for themselves and their families. Gowda knows human nature, understands the intricate bonds of family, shows empathy for cultural differences, and tells a fabulous story that will change your inner landscape. I cannot wait to read her next book! (  ) AngelaLam | Feb 8, 2022 |
 First-time author Shilpi Somaya Gowda brings to life two opposing but heart-rending concerns to jump-start her novel – infertility for North American women and the disregard for girls in India – through the stories of two families, the American Thakkars, both doctors, and the poverty-stricken Merchants in rural India..The novel is often emotionally poignant, especially when Gowda taps into the losses and fears that both mothers face, or as Asha slowly begins to appreciate what a family in all its intricacies can mean. In her engaging debut, Gowda weaves together two compelling stories... Gowda writes with compassion and uncanny perception ..., while portraying the vibrant traditions, sights, and sounds of modern India.  Dualities abound in this engrossing first novel by Dallas writer Shilpi Somaya Gowda. The story arcs over 25 years in two nations with very different cultures: India and the United States. The narrative follows two sets of parents, and at the heart of the tale are two children..The sounds, scents and sights of India are vividly drawn, pulling the reader deep into a culture that most of us have only glimpsed, perhaps, in Slumdog Millionaire. Two worlds collide, then meld, in a story that intimately considers how we all are shaped, through fate or free will, nurture or nature, by the astounding power of family love “First novelist Gowda offers especially vivid descriptions of the contrasts and contradictions of modern India … Rife with themes that lend themselves to discussion, such as cultural identity, adoption, and women's roles.” "[A] fable of family division and reconciliation, gaining intensity and depth from the author’s sharp social observations.” HæderspriserNotable Lists
Interweaves the stories of a baby girl in India, the American doctor who adopted her, and the Indian mother who gave her up in favor of a son, as two families--one in India, the other in the United States--are changed by the child that connects them. No library descriptions found. |
LibraryThing Early Reviewers AlumShilpi Somaya Gowda's book Secret Daughter was available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.  
LibraryThing-forfatterShilpi Somaya Gowda er LibraryThing-forfatter, en forfatter som har sit personlige bibliotek opført på LibraryThing. Current DiscussionsIngenPopulære omslag
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