Desirable Daughters (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780786865987)

At the heart of this remarkable new novel by the award-winning author of The Middleman and Other Stories and Jasmine are issues of culture, identity, and familial loyalty. Comparable to The Joy Luck Club in its honest portrayal of the American immigrant experience, Desirable Daughters follows the diverging paths taken by three Calcutta-born sisters as they come of age in a changing world. Tara, Padma, and Parvati were born into a wealthy Brahmin family presided over by their doting father and his traditionalist mother. Intelligent and artistic, the girls are nevertheless constrained by a society with little regard for women. Their subsequent rebellion will lead them in different directions, to different continents, and through different circumstances that strain yet ultimately strengthen their relationship. Moving effortlessly between generations, Mukherjee weaves together fascinating stories of the sisters' ancestors, their childhood memories, and dramatic scenes from India's history.

Author: Bharati Mukherjee
ISBN-10: 0786865989
ISBN-13: 9780786865987
Publisher: Hachette Books
Language: English
Published: 03/27/2002
Pages: 310
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.14h x 7.16w x 0.99d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/21/2002 pg. 62
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2002 pg. 133
Booklist 02/01/2002 pg. 907
Library Journal 04/01/2002 pg. 141
New York Times 04/28/2002 pg. 11
New York Times 06/02/2002 pg. 22
Booksense '76 Jul/Aug 2002 07/01/2002 pg. 1
Booklist 06/01/2002 pg. 1678
Women's Review of Books 07/01/2002 pg. 12
Multicultural Review 09/01/2002 pg. 80