Oleander Girl: A Novel

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Oleander Girl: A Novel

Beloved bestselling author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni has been hailed by Abraham Verghese as a â€œgifted storytellerâ€ and by People magazine as a â€œskilled cartographer of the heart.â€ Now, Divakaruni returns with her most gripping novel yet, a sweeping, suspenseful coming-of-age tale about a young woman who leaves India for America on a search that will transform her life.

THOUGH SHE WAS ORPHANED AT BIRTH, the wild and headstrong Korobi Roy has enjoyed a privileged childhood with her adoring grandparents, spending her first seventeen years sheltered in a beautiful, crumbling old mansion in Kolkata. But despite all that her grandparents have done for her, she is troubled by the silence that surrounds the circumstances of her parentsâ€™ death and clings fiercely to her only inheritance from them: the love note she found, years ago, hidden in a book of poetry that had belonged to her mother. As she grows, Korobi dreams of one day finding a love as powerful as her parentsâ€™, and it seems her wish has finally come true when she meets the charming Rajat, the only son of a high-profile business family.

Shortly after their engagement, however, a sudden heart attack kills Korobiâ€™s grandfather, revealing serious financial problems and a devastating secret about Korobiâ€™s past. Shattered by this discovery and by her grandparentsâ€™ betrayal, Korobi decides to undertake a courageous search across post-9/11 America to find her true identity. Her dramatic, often startling journey will ultimately thrust her into the most difficult decision of her life.

Â With flawless narrative instinct and a boundless sympathy for her irrepressible characters, in Oleander Girl Divakaruni brings us a perfect treat of a novelâ€” moving, wise, and unforgettable. As The Wall Street Journal raves, â€œDivakaruni emphasizes the cathartic force of storytelling with sumptuous prose. . . . She defies categorization.â€

Country	USA
Author	Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Reprint
EISBN	9781451695694
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
NumberOfPages	304
PublicationDate	2013-03-19
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
ReleaseDate	2013-03-19
Studio	Simon & Schuster

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