Full name: Sister of My Heart: A Novel

Author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: Amazon LibraryThing Goodreads ISBNs: 9780385489515 038548951X

Anju is the daughter of an upper-caste Calcutta family; her cousin Sudha is the daughter of the black sheep of the family. Sudha is as beautiful, tenderhearted, and serious as Anju is plain, whip-smart, and defiant. yet since the day they were born, Sudha and Anju have been bonded in ways even their mothers cannot comprehend.The cousins' bond is shattered, however, when Sudha learns a dark family secret. Urged into arranged marriages, their lives take sudden, opposite turns: Sudha becomes the dutiful daughter-in-law of a rigid small-town household, while Anju goes to America with her new husband and learns to live her own life of secrets. Then tragedy strikes them both, and the women discover that, despite the distance that has grown between them, they have only each other to turn to. Set in the two worlds of India and America, this is an exceptionally moving novel of love, friendship, and compelling courage. Similar books: Red Earth and Pouring Rain by Vikram Chandra Fasting, Feasting by Anita Desai Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai Miss New India by Bharati Mukherjee Esmond in India by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala The Sari Shop by Rupa Bajwa The Hero's Walk by Anita Rau Badami Desirable Daughters by Bharati Mukherjee The Blue Bedspread by Raj Kamal Jha The Tree Bride by Bharati Mukherjee The Pleasure Seekers by Tishani Doshi Mandala by Pearl S. Buck Such a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry A River Sutra by Gita Mehta In Custody by Anita Desai