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Lettres sur le sable
If you enjoyed Breeze from the River Manjeera and Blue Eyes, you’ll love this new novel from best-selling author, Hema Macherla. Set in the 70s in a small village in India, Letters in the Sand is an engaging story of one girl’s quiet rebellion against her traditional, dysfunctional family and their non-negotiable plans to marry her at fifteen to any suitable boy.
‘I was no better than a cow, brushed and groomed, neck and ankles festooned with bells, flowers around its horns to be put on display for someone to choose.’
In this layered narrative, the political and the personal are interwoven when Kiri’s beloved brother, Rajiv, runs away to join an extremist group fighting for fair pay and justice, and is caught up in the escalating violence. Against this volatile backdrop, Kiri yearns for an education as the only way to escape a life of subjugation defined by her gender. Can she find the courage to follow a lonely, challenging path to freedom?
‘I was no better than a cow, brushed and groomed, neck and ankles festooned with bells, flowers around its horns to be put on display for someone to choose.’
In this layered narrative, the political and the personal are interwoven when Kiri’s beloved brother, Rajiv, runs away to join an extremist group fighting for fair pay and justice, and is caught up in the escalating violence. Against this volatile backdrop, Kiri yearns for an education as the only way to escape a life of subjugation defined by her gender. Can she find the courage to follow a lonely, challenging path to freedom?
368 pages, Paperback
Published April 10, 2025
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April 29, 2025
3.5 ⭐
J'avais déjà lu Le destin d'Anjali de l'autrice. Celui -ci est intéressant également. Sur la situation politique et sociale de l'Inde des années 1970. La vie dans les villages, le manque d'éducation des jeunes filles, le poids des traditions.
Je n'ai pas toujours été fan de l'écriture (peut être dû à la traduction) et certaines phrases étaient un peu trop romancées à mon goût mais pour autant ça vaut toujours le coup d'être lu !!!
J'avais déjà lu Le destin d'Anjali de l'autrice. Celui -ci est intéressant également. Sur la situation politique et sociale de l'Inde des années 1970. La vie dans les villages, le manque d'éducation des jeunes filles, le poids des traditions.
Je n'ai pas toujours été fan de l'écriture (peut être dû à la traduction) et certaines phrases étaient un peu trop romancées à mon goût mais pour autant ça vaut toujours le coup d'être lu !!!
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