Naming Maya
In this compelling first novel, a young Indian American girl finally learns that she can choose which memories to keep and which to let go.Although Maya has done her best to avoid it, she is spending part of her summer in Chennai, India, with her mother, who is trying to sell her grandfather's old house. Soon Maya is drawn into a complicated friendship with eccentric Kamala Mami, who has been a housekeeper and cook for years in Maya's extended family. At the same time, Maya is thrust into an ocean of memories, all coming at her too quickly for her to understand. In particular, she is forced to examine the history of her parents' divorce -- al…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4299-2160-2
- EAN: 9781429921602
- Produktnummer: 22463527
- Verlag: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 288 KB
- Auflage: First Edition
- Abbildungen: Author's note, glossary
- Sonstiges: Ab 10 - 14 J.
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Uma Krishnaswami
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