Homeless Bird
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0439296919
ISBN 13
9780439296915
Category
Historical Fiction
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Publication Year
2018
Publisher
Pages
216
Subject
Courage-Fiction, Arranged Marriage-India-Fiction, India-Fiction, Women-Fiction
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Description
The story of a remarkable young woman who dares to defy fate. Like many girls her age in India, 13 yr-old Koly faces her arranged marriage with hope and courage. But Koly's story takes a terrible turn when in the wake of the ceremony, she discovers that she's been horribly misled; her life has been sold for a dowry. Relays the story of a rare young women, who even cast out into a brutal current of time-worn tradition, sets out to forge her own remarkable future. Inspired by a newspaper article about the real 13 yr-old widows in India today.
Number of Copies
1
