The Toss of a Lemon: A Novel by Padma Viswanathan

The Toss of a Lemon: A Novel

Padma Viswanathan

796 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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Sivakami was married at ten, widowed at eighteen, and left with two children. According to the dictates of her caste, her head is shaved and she puts on widow's whites. From dawn to dusk, she is not allowed to contaminate herself with human touch,...

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