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"A rich, soulfully written novel about inheritance and resistance that tests the balance between modern and traditional customs. When Sharifa accompanies her husband on a marriage-saving trip to India, she thinks that she's going to research her great-great-grandfather, a wealthy business leader and philanthropist. What captures her imagination is not his rags-to-riches story, but the mystery of his four wives, missing from the family lore. She ends up excavating much more than she had imagined. Sharifa's trip coincides with a time of unrest within her insular and conservative religious community, and there is no escaping its politics. A group of feminists is speaking out against khatna, an age-old ritual they insist is female genital cutting. Sharifa's two favourite cousins are on opposite sides of the debate, and she seeks a middle ground. As the issue heats up, Sharifa discovers an unexpected truth and is forced to take a position."--;Cover -- Praise for Seven -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- ONE: April 2016, Mumbai -- TWO: August 2015, New York City -- THREE -- FOUR: January 1866, South Bombay -- FIVE -- SIX -- SEVEN: Bombay, 1870 -- EIGHT -- NINE -- TEN: Bombay, 1877 -- ELEVEN -- TWELVE -- THIRTEEN: Bombay, 1883 -- FOURTEEN -- FIFTEEN -- SIXTEEN: Bombay, 1889 -- SEVENTEEN -- EIGHTEEN: Bombay, 1890 -- NINETEEN -- TWENTY: Bombay, 1891 -- TWENTY-ONE -- TWENTY-TWO: Bombay, 1898 -- TWENTY-THREE -- TWENTY-FOUR -- TWENTY-FIVE: Bombay, 1899 -- TWENTY-SIX -- TWENTY-SEVEN -- TWENTY-EIGHT: Bombay, 1900
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