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Family life

a novel
ID 287623
Slug family-life
Contributors
Author : Akhil Sharma
Annotation <P> For eight year old Ajay Mishra and his older brother Birju, family life in Delhi in the late 1970's follows a comfortable routine. Everything changes when their father finds a job in America - a land of carpets and elevators, swimsuits and hot water. But tragedy turns the Mishras' American dream sour and young Ajay finds himself lost and virtually orphaned in a land that is not his own. </P>
Description For eight-year-old Ajay and his older brother Birju, life in Dehli in the late 1970s follows a comfortable, predictable routine: bathing on the roof, queuing for milk, playing cricket in the street. Yet, everything changes when their father finds a job in America - a land of carpets and elevators, swimsuits and hot water on tap.
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300 Literaire fictie algemeen NUR
NSTC
Publisher Faber & Faber
Imprint
Language eng
Page count
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Publication date first 2014-04-07
Publication date latest 2015-06-02
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  • ISBN: 9780571224548 (00)

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