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	1 Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee The Conch Bearer The Chicken House 2004 1-904442-11-0 / 9781904442110 1st Edition Hardcover  Hardback with D/J in good condition, looks unread. 2004 1st edition The Chicken House. Anand's compassionate gesture of sharing his tea with an old man in a Calcutta market leads to radical changes in the 12-year-old's life.The stranger is a member of the Brotherhood of Healers and invites the boyto join him on a dangerous journey to return a magical conch shell to its proper home in the far-off Himalayas. Along with Nisha, a sweeper-girl who insists on joining them, Anand and Abhaydatta travel to the mountains pursued by the evil Surabhanu, a power-hungry ex-member of the brotherhood. Anandstruggles in his own mind, doubting Abhaydatta's motives and the existenceof magic, jealous of Nisha's comfortable relationship with the old man, and occasionally succumbing to Surabhanu's tempting illusions. When he finally reaches the Silver Valley, more challenges await him before he can enter.In the end, he faces the most difficult choice of all-to stay in the worldof magic he had always dreamed of or return to his family. This quest adventure has an exotic flavor: the journey from a crowded Indian city throughrural villages and the high mountains, a magical background from traditional Indian tales, and deliciously detailed description of Indian foods. Honesty, loyalty, and compassion are the virtues demanded by the Healers; Anand's actions show that he has all three. Readers can sympathize with his struggles and long for his success. This traditional story in fresh new clothingshould appeal to middle graders. ladylisabooks - used books, secondhand books, out of print books, hard to find books, for sale, second-hand books,  Price: 9.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart
	2 Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee The Vine of Desire Time Warner Books Uk 2003 0-349-11584-2 / 9780349115849 Paperback  Paperback in read condition but good.AmazonThe Vine of Desire is peopled by Indian immigrants and--just as palpably--by their hopes and dreams. As one character says, "All immigrants are dreamers, but they're practical about it. They know what's OK to dream about, andwhat isn't." Though it's a sequel to Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's Sister of My Heart, the novel stands alone as an exploration of the contemporary immigrant experience. Anju and Sudha, cousins and best friends since their Calcutta girlhood, find themselves in the Bay Area, Anju with a husband and Sudha with a baby daughter. Each covets what the other has until finally their relationship collapses. Anju finds solace among her fellow Berkeley students, while the beautiful Sudha learns, for the first time, what it's liketo pay her own way. Digressive and overwritten, The Vine of Desire can tryyour patience, but it's so well plotted and compassionately told that you can't help but care about these immigrant dreams. --Claire Dederer.From Publishers WeeklyThis exquisitely rendered tale of passion, jealousy and redemption continues the extraordinary relationship between Anjou and Sudha, the two exceptional women at the heart of Divakaruni's praised Sister of My Heart. The two cousins have traveled a lifetime away from their home city of Calcutta to California, a place so foreign to their native culture and traditions that they must constantly reevaluate their bearings and values. Anjou, miserable after a miscarriage and its unhappy effect on her marriage, and Sudha, fleeing both a husband whose family urged her to abort her daughter, and a first love who wants  Price: 4.00 GBP Add to Shopping Cart