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When Jasmine Vijh is widowed in India at 17, she seems fated to a life of isolation in an Indian village. But she flees to America where she becomes Jane Ripplemeyer, resident of Iowa, married and adoptive mother of a Vietnamese refugee. The author also wrote "The Middleman and Other Stories". ... Read more

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Title: Bharati Mukherjee. Desirable Daughters.(Book Review)
Author: Ramlal Agarwal
Publication: World Literature Today (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 2003
Publisher: University of Oklahoma
Volume: 77Issue: 3-4Page: 86(2)

Article Type: Book Review

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Belonging in a foreign country often is a difficult attempt of finding "home" in a culture very unlike the one the immigrants are originating from - in most cases people do not share the same mentality and very often the immigrants are confronted with a hostile attitude that is on the verge of racism. In addition to all these problems immigrant women - in this particular case Indian immigrant women in the United States - are more often than not unprepared for leading a self-confident and independent life. The consequences on the immigrants' lives - resulting from these circumstances - are going to be explored in the course of this book. ... Read more