β Ru Freeman
π Fiction
π
2009
π Atria Books
π English
β 239 KB
π 2 views
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A disobedient girl: a novel
β Scribed by Freeman, Ru
- Publisher
- Atria Books;Washington Square Press
- Year
- 2009;2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 245 KB
- Edition
- First Washington Square Press pbk. edition
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781439101957
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β¦ Synopsis
From Publishers Weekly
Ru Freeman's debut novel chronicles the trials and travails of two Sri Lankan women and their pursuit of freedom. Orphaned then absorbed as a servant into a well-to-do Sri Lankan family at the age of five, Latha Kumari grows up in tandem with the family's spoiled young daughter, Thara. However, Latha's mysterious origins and ambiguous caste ensure her a future of unpaid servitude in the Vithanages's household. Resentful, she involves herself with the man meant for Thara. This choice ultimately causes her loss and suffering. Alongside Latha's story is that of Biso's, who is fleeing a drunken abusive husband, a murdered lover and townspeople who whisper whore as she walks past. Biso escapes blindly to the salvation and promise of distant relatives in the north, but her journey with her three children across the country is tainted by murder and terrorism. The kindness of strangers runs out, but the end of Biso's tragic journey will end up being the promise of Latha's future. Freeman illustrates contemporary Sri Lankan life through the battles waged between lovers, friends and strangers alike in this study in dignity, strength of character, tolerance and perseverance. (July)
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Review
βStartling, subversive and heartbreaking, A Disobedient Girl offers a window into the lives of two unforgettable women. Read this novel for the beauty of the writing and the pleasure of discovering a uniquely gifted storyteller.β βDanielle Trussoni, New York Times bestselling author of Angelology
βA Disobedient Girl is a lush, sweeping epic about desire and betrayal, hope and perseverance. Ru Freeman is a fierce, unflinching storyteller, her landscape dark and beautiful, her characters unforgettable. I couldnβt put this novel down.β βAryn Kyle, New York Times bestselling author of Boys and Girls Like You and Me and The God of Animals
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SHE LOVED FINE THINGS** _,_** AND SHE HAD NO DOUBT THAT SHE DESERVED THEM** _. . . ._** Young Latha knows that she was not meant to be a servant. She was born for finer things, like the rose-smelling soap she steals from the family she has worked for since she was five, or the glasses of fresh lime
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EDITORIAL REVIEW: \*\*In one of the most impressive debuts of the year, Ru Freeman delivers an epic, searing novel about betrayal and salvation, the strength of the human spirit, and the boundlessness and limits of love.\*\* Set against the volatile events of the last forty years of Sri La
β Freeman, Ru
π Fiction
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2009;2010
π Atria Books;Washington Square Press
π English
β 246 KB
### From Publishers Weekly Ru Freeman's debut novel chronicles the trials and travails of two Sri Lankan women and their pursuit of freedom. Orphaned then absorbed as a servant into a well-to-do Sri Lankan family at the age of five, Latha Kumari grows up in tandem with the family's spoiled young da