Nectar in a Sieve (Signet Classics)

Nectar in a Sieve (Signet Classics)

<b>The acclaimed million-copy bestselling novel about a woman’s struggle to find happiness in a changing India.<br><br></b>Married as a child bride to a tenant farmer she had never met, Rukmani works side by side in the field with her husband to wrest a living from a land ravaged by droughts, monsoons, and insects. With remarkable fortitude and courage, she meets changing times and fights poverty and disaster. <br>  <br> This beautiful and eloquent story tells of a simple peasant woman in a primitive village in India whose whole life is a gallant and persistent battle to care for those she loves—an unforgettable novel that “will wring your heart out” (Associated Press).<b><br></b><br><b>Includes an Introduction by Indira Ganesan</b><br><b> And an Afterword by Thrity Umrigar</b>