The Strawberry Patch

The Strawberry Patch

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Author: Nonda Chatterjee
Publisher: Penguin
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 228
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0143032380

Description

Eight unforgettable portraits of women of remarkable strength and resilience.

In stories that span the last hundred years, Nonda Chatterjee introduces us to a spirited cast of characters.

At the turn of the nineteenth century, a zamindarni defends her bastion-her land, her home and her subjects-with military precision against a formidable force of British soldiers. In a little village in Rewa in the 1950s, a young woman’s fierce loyalty to her untouchable community leads her to make an unimaginable sacrifice. A gifted girl embroiders on a quilt the moving tale of a lifetime of travails overcome by tremendous fortitude. And, closer to our times, Krishna, named after the legendary Draupadi, discovers to her utter surprise that blood-ties seldom determine true family.

Deeply felt, and rendered in vivid, evocative prose, these tales redefine love, faith, friendship and familial bonds.

Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

AUTHOR’S NOTE

1903-White Bulls

1924-The Rose Garden

1942-The Strawberry Patch

1945-The Trial

1956-Motherhood

1962-The Miracle

1968-The Quilt

1984-Birthmark

Afterword

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