QUEEN OF DREAMS.

Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee

ISBN 10: 0385506821 / ISBN 13: 9780385506823

Published by Doubleday, 2004

About this Item

First printing. An engrossing novel, the story of Rakhi, a young artist and divorced mother in Berkley, California, who is torn between the lure of her mother's past in India and assimilation in modern America. After her mother's death, Rakhi discovers her dream journals, and begins to learn, as her mother knew, that a dream is a telegram from a hidden world. But in the wake of 9/11, Rakhi and her friends find themselves branded as terrorists. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. 340 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 83095

Bibliographic Details

Title: QUEEN OF DREAMS.

Publisher: Doubleday

Publication Date: 2004

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: FINE

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Rakhi, a young artist and divorced mother living in Berkeley, California, finds herself caught between the turmoil of life in America in the wake of September 11th and the India of her mother, a dream-teller gifted with the ability to share and interpret the dreams of others. 35,000 first printing.

Review:

"Will resonate with anyone who has struggled with modern love, mores and parenthood." --"USA Today"
“Enchants as much with its flashes of fancy as it does with its fresh spin on cultural identity, family, and redemption.” --"Entertainment Weekly"
“Divakaruni’s book shines . . . in its examination of the subtle, extrasensory connections between mothers and daughters that continue to develop even after death divides them.”
--"Los Angeles Times"
“Magical. . . . In lyrical, poetic prose, Divakaruni manages to be hopeful without offering false reassurances, showing how identity--both individual and communal--is equally shaped by loss and creation.” --"San Francisco Chronicle"
"A masala of page-turning addiction." —"The Baltimore Sun"

"Will resonate with anyone who has struggled with modern love, mores and parenthood." --USA Today"Enchants as much with its flashes of fancy as it does with its fresh spin on cultural identity, family, and redemption." --Entertainment Weekly"Divakaruni's book shines . . . in its examination of the subtle, extrasensory connections between mothers and daughters that continue to develop even after death divides them."--Los Angeles Times"Magical. . . . In lyrical, poetic prose, Divakaruni manages to be hopeful without offering false reassurances, showing how identity--both individual and communal--is equally shaped by loss and creation." --San Francisco Chronicle"A masala of page-turning addiction." --The Baltimore Sun