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The secrets between us : a novel

Umrigar, Thrity N., author

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\"Poor and illiterate, Bhima had faithfully worked for the Dubash family, an upper-middle-class Parsi household, for more than twenty years. Yet after courageously speaking the truth about a heinous crime perpetrated against her own family, the devoted servant was cruelly fired. The sting of that dismissal was made more painful coming from Sera Dubash, the temperamental employer who had long been Bhima's only confidante. A woman who has endured despair and loss with stoicism, Bhima must now find some other way to support herself and her granddaughter, Maya. Bhima's fortunes take an unexpected turn when her path intersects with Parvati, a bitter, taciturn older woman. The two acquaintances soon form a tentative business partnership, selling fruits and vegetables at the local market. As they work together, these two women seemingly bound by fate grow closer, each confessing the truth about their lives and the wounds that haunt them. Discovering her first true friend, Bhima pieces together a new life, and together, the two women learn to stand on their own.\"--Dust jacket flap.

• Publisher: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
• Subject: Female friendship Fiction. / Women merchants Fiction. / Women household employees Fiction. / Social classes India Fiction. / Women India Fiction. / FICTION Family Life. / FICTION Literary. / FICTION Sagas. / Female friendship. / Social classes. / Women household employees. / Women merchants. / India Fiction. / India.
• ISBN: 9780062442208, 0062442201

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PS3621.M75 S43 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE