
Girls Burn Brighter: A Novel
Longlisted for the 2018 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize“Incandescent...A searing portrait of what feminism looks like in much of the world.” ―Vogue“A treat for Ferrante fans, exploring the bonds of friendship and how female ambition beats against the strictures of poverty and patriarchal societies.” ―The Huffington PostAn electrifying debut novel about the extraordinary bond between two girls...
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Flatiron Books; 1st edition (March 6, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9781250074256
ISBN-13: 978-1250074256
ASIN: 1250074258
Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.2 x 9.6 inches
Amazon Rank: 15344
Format: PDF Text TXT ebook
- 9781250074256 pdf
- 978-1250074256 pdf
- Shobha Rao pdf
- Shobha Rao books
- Literature and Fiction epub books
Read A commentary on the book of the twelve the minor prophets kregel exegetical library ebook casonomiloa.wordpress.com Jim olson houses Tony hale book Download 1945 a novel pdf at allscisnaoma.wordpress.com Knit or health an wellness
“In an instant you are drawn into Shobha Rao’s novel GIRLS BURN BRIGHTER and in a second, you feel the need to look away. A harrowing look at two poor girls, Poornima and Savitha, who do not deserve the lives they are born into. Despair, hatred, viole...”
driven apart by circumstance but relentless in their search for one another.Poornima and Savitha have three strikes against them: they are poor, they are ambitious, and they are girls. After her mother’s death, Poornima has very little kindness in her life. She is left to care for her siblings until her father can find her a suitable match. So when Savitha enters their household, Poornima is intrigued by the joyful, independent-minded girl. Suddenly their Indian village doesn't feel quite so claustrophobic, and Poornima begins to imagine a life beyond arranged marriage. But when a devastating act of cruelty drives Savitha away, Poornima leaves behind everything she has ever known to find her friend.Her journey takes her into the darkest corners of India's underworld, on a harrowing cross-continental journey, and eventually to an apartment complex in Seattle. Alternating between the girls’ perspectives as they face ruthless obstacles, Shobha Rao's Girls Burn Brighter introduces two heroines who never lose the hope that burns within.
Leave a Comment