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| Title | : | Secret Daughter |
| Author | : | Shilpi Somaya Gowda |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 339 pages |
| Published | : | March 15th 2010 by William Morrow (first published March 9th 2010) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. India. Contemporary. Parenting. Adoption. Book Club |
Shilpi Somaya Gowda
Hardcover | Pages: 339 pages Rating: 3.98 | 67773 Users | 5378 Reviews
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Somer's life is everything she imagined it would be — she's newly married and has started her career as a physician in San Francisco — until she makes the devastating discovery she never will be able to have children. The same year in India, a poor mother makes the heartbreaking choice to save her newborn daughter's life by giving her away. It is a decision that will haunt Kavita for the rest of her life, and cause a ripple effect that travels across the world and back again. Asha, adopted out of a Mumbai orphanage, is the child that binds the destinies of these two women. We follow both families, invisibly connected until Asha's journey of self-discovery leads her back to India. Compulsively readable and deeply touching, SECRET DAUGHTER is a story of the unforeseen ways in which our choices and families affect our lives, and the indelible power of love in all its many forms.
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| Original Title: | Secret Daughter |
| ISBN: | 0061922315 (ISBN13: 9780061922312) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.shilpigowda.com/gowda-overview.htm |
| Characters: | Kavita Merchant, Jasu Merchant, Asha Thakkar, Krishnan (Kris) Thakkar, Somer (Whitman) Thakkar, Sarla Thakkar |
| Literary Awards: | Exclusive Books Boeke Prize Nominee (2011), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction and for Debut Author (2010), International Dublin Literary Award Nominee (2011) |
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Ratings: 3.98 From 67773 Users | 5378 ReviewsComment On Regarding Books Secret Daughter
This was an easy read that I finished in a couple of days. I love stories that are about mixing cultures and this was exactly that. I was frustrated with the mother, Somer, as I just can't understand being so closed to a culture. Especially one that her desperately wanted daughter comes from. I'm not sure those two aspects of the story made sense. She almost let her infertility ruin her and yet when she finally adopted a child she didn't embrace the child's history. I know there was an attemptThis was a rich deep story of family...love and loss. This is a must read!
I really like books set in India as I find their culture fascinating. I enjoyed the last part of the book the most as it's mainly set in India. Moving story of adoption and learning who your family is.
Great parallel stories of an American woman and Indian woman connected by one child. It was enjoyable to learn a bit about the Indian culture with the author's vivid descriptions. Many topics are touched in this novel such as adoption, self-discovery, and what truly makes a family. The ending was emotional. It will stay with me.
Wonderful book! If this is the author's first novel, I can't wait to read her second! I won the book through the First Reads giveaway here at Goodreads, and as soon as I did, I went to the authors website and read the first few pages in the preview! After just the first chapter, I was hooked! The story is centered around the 'secret daughter' Asha/Usha. She is born the 2nd daughter of Kavita, an Indian woman who lost her 1st daughter immediately after birth to infanticide. She is determined
There's been a lot of buzz about this book but I found it to be an airport paperback tarted up as literature. In India a poor woman hands her daughter over to an orphanage rather then risk her being killed (as daughters aren't valued). In America, a physician and her India-born doctor husband decide to adopt a daughter (the abandoned girl) when attempts to conceive a child fail. The author bounces back and forth between the two mothers and while the tale of the Indian woman who overcomes
Book club read #5 April 1 2017. From the princetonbookreview.com: "A stunning debut novel that explores the emotional terrain of motherhood, loss, identity and culture, witnessed through the lives of two families, one Indian, one American, and the daughter who indelibly binds them."My book club absolutely loved this and thought it our best read yet. I was odd one out, as I was bothered by the changing points of view and the up-in-the-air ending. I liked her second book more and gave it 3 stars
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