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The Rice Mother

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A compelling glimpse into a captivatingly exotic world of myth and magic. Beguiled by promises of wealth, fourteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her native Ceylon for Malaya and marriage to a man many years her senior. But Ayah has lied to her and her family about his circumstances and in fact he lives in poverty. A woman of formidable energy and intelligence, Lakshmi provides security, if not luxury, for her family, though at a considerable emotional cost. Then the Japanese army invades during WWII. The family bears deep scars and inflicts those wounds on the next generation. But in Nisha, Lakshmi's great-granddaughter, it is as if Fate has come full circle . . .

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ISBN: 9781444706581
Publication date: 13th May 2010
Author: Rani Manicka
Publisher: Hodder Paperback an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 608 pages
Genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction