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The tale of Lata's and her mother's attempts to find a suitable boy, through love or through maternal appraisal. Set in post-independence India and involving the lives of four families, it is also an explanation of a whole continent faced with its first great General Election.
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Editions
18 editions- Paperback · English · 2013Weidenfeld & Nicolson · 9781780227894
- Audiobook · English · 2003BBC Audiobooks America · 9780563496656
- Audiobook · English · 2003BBC Audiobooks America · 9780563496663
- Audiobook · English · 2000HarperCollins · 9780007105670
- Paperback · English · 1995Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) · 621 pages · 9781857993585
- Paperback · English · 1995Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) · 592 pages · 9781857993592
FictionIndia in fictionHistoryIndian literature1947-RomansIndia, fictionFiction, romance, general
