Tell A Thousand Lies: Women's Fiction Set In India (Daughters Of Destiny)

Tell A Thousand Lies: Women's Fiction Set In India (Daughters Of Destiny)

UK's Glam magazine calls 'Tell A Thousand Lies' one of their 'five favourite tales from India.' <br /> <br />Shortlisted for the 2012 Tibor Jones South Asia prize <br /> <br />A corrupt politician plays with the lives of a teen Goddess and her loved ones in this fast-paced novel - part thriller, part Bollywood romance - set in India. <br /> <br />*** <br />In a land where skin colour can determine one's destiny, fraternal twins PULLAMMA and LATA are about to embark on a journey that will tear their lives apart. <br /> <br />Dark skinned Pullamma dreams of being a wife. With three girls in her family, the sixteen year old is aware there isn't enough dowry to secure suitable husbands for them all. But a girl can hope. She's well versed in cooking, pickle making, cow washing -- you name it. She's also obliged her old-fashioned grandmother by not doing well in school. <br /> <br />Fair skinned and pretty, her twin sister Lata would rather study medicine than get married. Unable to grasp the depth of Lata's desire, the twins' Grandmother formalizes a wedding alliance for the girl. Distraught, Lata rebels, with devastating consequences. <br /> <br />As Pullamma helps ready the house for her older sister Malli's bride viewing, she prays for a positive outcome to the event. What happens next is so inconceivable that it will shape Pullamma's future in ways she couldn't have foreseen. <br /> <br />A mainstream, multi-ethnic, world literature book from India, TELL A THOUSAND LIES is a sometimes wry, sometimes sad, but ultimately realistic look at how superstition and the colour of a girl's skin rules India's hinterlands. <br /> <br />If you like Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner) or Vikram Seth (A Suitable Boy), you might like this book. <br /> <br />Please note: British/Indian spellings used (jewellery, paediatrician, foetus etc.) These are not typos.