{"product_id":"someone-elses-garden-paperback","title":"Someone Else's Garden - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDipika Rai\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the vein of Thrity Umrigar's \u003cem\u003eThe Space Between Us\u003c\/em\u003e, Dipika Rai's soulful debut novel is a moving multi-generational tale of mothers and daughters in rural India struggling to break free of the social traditions fencing them in. Standing out among works by Shobhan Bantwal, Chitra Divakaruni, and other emerging Indian writers, Rai's \u003cem\u003eSomeone Else's Garden \u003c\/em\u003eoffers a rare look at life in the Indian countryside, far from the more well-trafficked literary settings of New Delhi and Mumbai, in an evocative, atmospheric story of one woman's soulful fight to take control of her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe eldest of seven children, born low-caste and female in rural India, Mamta is abused and rejected by a father whocan see no reason to \"water someone else's garden\" until ahusband is found for her. Seeking escape in matrimony, Mamta beginsher wedded life with hope--but is soon forced to flee her village and thehorrors of her arranged marriage to the bustle of a small city. Saved from becomingone of the nameless and faceless millions of rejected humanity by thesalvation of sublime love, Mamta struggles to find a precarious state ofacceptance and make peace with her past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePowerfully affecting and uplifting, set against a vivid and colorful backgroundof Eastern life, Dipika Rai's \u003cem\u003eSomeone Else's Garden\u003c\/em\u003e transcends geographicaldivides and cultural chasms to brilliantly expose the commonalityof the human condition, compelling us to seek answerswithin ourselves to humanity's eternalquestions: Is life random?Do we have a destiny?\u003c\/p\u003e--Booklist\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe eldest of seven children, born low-caste and female in rural India, Mamta is abused and rejected by a father whocan see no reason to \"water someone else's garden\" until ahusband is found for her. Seeking escape in matrimony, Mamta beginsher wedded life with hope--but is soon forced to flee her village and thehorrors of her arranged marriage to the bustle of a small city. Saved from becomingone of the nameless and faceless millions of rejected humanity by thesalvation of sublime love, Mamta struggles to find a precarious state ofacceptance and make peace with her past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePowerfully affecting and uplifting, set against a vivid and colorful backgroundof Eastern life, Dipika Rai's \u003cem\u003eSomeone Else's Garden\u003c\/em\u003e transcends geographicaldivides and cultural chasms to brilliantly expose the commonalityof the human condition, compelling us to seek answerswithin ourselves to humanity's eternalquestions: Is life random?Do we have a destiny?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8 x 5.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753473900832,"sku":"9780062000354","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/610b685185bef0d0fce23f95f32aae87.webp?v=1780021245","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/someone-elses-garden-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}