Miz B. of Should Be Reading.
"This is the quintessential garment for women across India, according to Asha's research, a six-yard rectangle of fabric wrapped and tucked around the body without a single button, hook, or zipper. It can be draped in a number of ways, depending on the region, and one size is used to fit women tall and short, fat and thin. It all sounded very democratic . . . "
-- Page 198
THE SECRET DAUGHTER
by Shilpi Somaya Gowda
Pub. Date: April 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback , 368pp
ISBN-13: 9780061928352
ISBN: 0061928356
Edition Description: Reprint
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- Grab your current read
- Open to a random page
- Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
- BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
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7 comments:
What a beautiful cover - is the book just as good?
Here's my teaser for today:
http://thebookgatherer.blogspot.com/2011/03/teaser-tuesdays_29.html
This book is on my schedule to be read soon. Wonderful teaser. My TT: http://www.rundpinne.com/2011/03/teaser-tuesdays-the-beauty-of-humanity-movement.html
Great teaser -- that book is already on my TBR list!
Here's mine:
http://centralcaligrrrl.blogspot.com/2011/03/tuesday-teaser_29.html
Secrets are always good for a story - enticing tease.
Yes, but us fat girls might find it coming up a bit short sometimes.
My teaser is here.
Alice, you'd be alright... trust me.
Great teaser!
http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2011/03/teaser-tuesday_29.html
This is a great teaser, and just the kind of thing I am looking for in an Indian fiction read. Thanks for sharing it with us!
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