The woman who climbed trees : a novel / Smriti Ravindra.
Weaving together ghost stories, myths, and song, this haunting novel follows a young bride as she leaves her life in India behind to move to Nepal with her new husband and his family, examining the loss she experiences as she gives up one home to become part of another.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063240483
- ISBN: 0063240483
- Physical Description: 421 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]
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Subject: | Women, East Indian > Nepal > Fiction. Married women > Fiction. Nepalese Authors > Fiction. Nepal > Fiction. |
Genre: | Novels. |
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- 3 of 3 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Camden County Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Camden County Library District - Osage Beach | FIC RAVINDRA (Text) | 31320003922064 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
The Woman Who Climbed Trees : A Novel
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The Woman Who Climbed Trees : A Novel
"A stunning chronicle of an Indian woman's coming-of-age... This is electrifying."--Publishers Weekly, starred review "Is this a ghost story" Meena asked the barber's wife who told the tale. "I don't want to hear scary stories one night before I marry." "Not all ghost stories are scary," said the barber's wife, laughing at Meena. "Besides, we have a long time before us, and stories are little baskets to carry time away in." Exquisitely written, a blend of ghost stories, myths, and song, The Woman Who Climbed Trees is a haunting, deeply felt multi-generational story that illuminates the transitional nature of women's lives and the feeling of loss they experience, as they give up one home and family to become part of another. When she marries a man from Nepal, Meena must leave behind her family and home in India and forge a new identity in a strange place. The Woman Who Climbed Trees follows her, the women who surround her, and the daughter she eventually raises, as they carefully navigate the uncertain tides of their diasporic lives.