Tamarind Mem - Hardcover

Badami, Anita Rau

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ISBN 10: 0670874558 ISBN 13: 9780670874552

Publisher: Viking, 1997

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Kamini has recently moved to Canada from India. Plunged into the past by acrimonious telephone calls and odd postcards from her mother, she tries to make sense of the eccentric family she has left behind. As she recounts the story of her mother's life and its thwarted dreams, Kamini reveals the subtle chain of desires, secrets and fears that link one generation to the next. This evocative novel explores the mutability of memory and unravels the deep ties of love and resentment that bind mothersand daughters everywhere.

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Newly arrived in Canada, Kamini is plunged into the past by her mother's strange postcards and telephone calls. Haunted by Saroja's words. Kamini tries to make sense of the eccentric family she has left behind. Meanwhile her embittered mother travels alone by train across India, entertaining fellow passengers with tales of her long, eventful life.

A vivid portrait of two Indian women of different generations, Tamarind Mem explores the mutability of memory and the deep ties of love and resentment between mothers and daughters.

Synopsis:

Having moved to Canada from India, Kamini tries to make sense of the eccentric family she has left behind. Recounting the story of her mother's life, Kamini reveals the desires, secrets and fears that link different generations, exploring the bond between mothers and daughters.

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