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008 030423s2004 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2003009233
020 $a0374195625 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm52160040
035 $a(NNC)4325196
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050 00 $aPS3601.L38$bM34 2004
082 00 $a813/.6$221
100 1 $aAli, Samina,$d1969-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003041315
245 10 $aMadras on rainy days /$cSamina Ali.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFarrar, Straus, and Giroux,$c2004.
300 $a309 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 1 $a"In the heat and clamor of the ancient city of Hyderabad, Layla and her mother, their faces veiled behind chadors, rush through the city's narrow alleys. It is two days before Layla's marriage to a man she hardly knows, and the family is in crisis. Layla has begun to defy the union the family has so carefully arranged for her." "Convinced her daughter must be possessed, Amme forces her to visit an alim, a mystic healer, reputed to see the truth despite his blindness. Whether the alim glimpses the true nature of Layla's demon is unclear. But she soon realizes that she has no choice but to deny the freedoms she has known in America and submit to the marriage. If she doesn't, she will be banished from her family and everything she knows." "Her husband is a handsome, ambitious engineer, and to Layla's surprise, he provides her with exactly what she has yearned for: a home. Yet on their honeymoon in Madras, as the monsoon rains drum ceaselessly down outside, the air in the hotel room suddenly swirls thick with long-buried secrets."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aEast Indian American women$vFiction.
650 0 $aChildren of immigrants$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009119158
650 0 $aAmericans$zIndia$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009114755
650 0 $aArranged marriage$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007101091
650 0 $aCulture conflict$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008101832
650 0 $aYoung women$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114026
651 0 $aIndia$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008104233
655 7 $aPsychological fiction.$2lcgft$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026492
852 00 $bglx$hPS3601.L38$iM34 2004
852 00 $bbar$hPS3601.L38$iM34 2004