The Rice Mother

At the age of fourteen, Lakshmi leaves behind her childhood among the mango trees of Ceylon for...
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Author: Rani Manicka
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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The Rice Mother by Manicka, Rani

The Rice Mother

$211.14

The Rice Mother

$211.14
Author: Rani Manicka
Format: Paperback
Language: English
At the age of fourteen, Lakshmi leaves behind her childhood among the mango trees of Ceylon for married life across the ocean in Malaysia, and soon finds herself struggling to raise a family in a country that is, by turns, unyielding and amazing, brutal and beautiful. Giving birth to a child every year until she is nineteen, Lakshmi becomes a formidable matriarch, determined to secure a better life for her daughters and sons. From the Japanese occupation during World War II to the torture of watching some of her children succumb to life's most terrible temptations, she rises to face every new challenge with almost mythic strength. Dreamy and lyrical, told in the alternating voices of the men and women of this amazing family, The Rice Mother gorgeously evokes a world where small pleasures offset unimaginable horrors, where ghosts and gods walk hand in hand. It marks the triumphant debut of a writer whose wisdom and soaring prose will touch readers, especially women, the world over.

Author: Rani Manicka
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 07/27/2004
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9780142004548
Audience: Young Adult

About the Author
Rani Manicka, an economics graduate, was born and educated in Malaysia. Infused with her own South Asian family history, The Rice Mother is her first novel.

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