The Toss of a Lemon
Viswanathan, Padma
ISBN 10: 0151015333 ISBN 13: 9780151015337
Published by Harcourt, 2008
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Spanning the lifetime of one woman (1896-1962), "The Toss of a Lemon" brings us intimately into a Brahmin household, into an India we've never before seen.Married at ten, widowed at eighteen, left with two children, Sivakami must wear widow's whites, shave her head, and touch no one from dawn to dusk. She is not allowed to remarry, and in the next sixty years she ventures outside her family compound only three times. She is extremely orthodox in her behaviour except for one defiant act: She moves back to her dead husband's house and village to raise her children. That decision sets the course of her children's and grandchildren's lives, twisting their fates in surprising, sometimes heartbreaking ways.Inspired by her grandmother's stories, Padma Viswanathan masterfully brings to life a profoundly exotic yet utterly recognizable family in the midst of social and political upheaval. "The Toss of a Lemon" is the debut of a major new writer.
About the Authors:
PADMA VISWANATHAN is a fiction writer, playwright and journalist. She was awarded first place in the 2006 Boston Review Short Story Contest. This book was inspired by stories from her grandmother. She lives with the poet and translator Geoffrey Brock, and their children in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
PADMA VISWANATHAN is a fiction writer, playwright, and journalist. She was awarded first place in the 2006 Boston Review Short Story Contest. She lives with the poet and translator Geoffrey Brock and their children in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
PADMA VISWANATHAN is a fiction writer, playwright, and journalist. She was awarded first place in the 2006 Boston Review Short Story Contest. She lives with the poet and translator Geoffrey Brock and their children in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
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Title: The Toss of a Lemon
Publisher: Harcourt
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Hardcover
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