The toss of a lemon
(Book)

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Author
Viswanathan, Padma, 1968-
Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009, ©2008.
Edition
1st Mariner books ed.
ISBN
9780547247878, 0547247877
Physical Desc
619 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Status
On Shelf
WARDEN PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Domestic fiction.
Families -- India -- Fiction.
India -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction.
India -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Women -- India -- Fiction.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Domestic fiction.
Families.
Fiction.
India.
Manners and customs.
Social conditions.
Women.

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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009, ©2008.
Format
Book
Edition
1st Mariner books ed.
Language
English
ISBN
9780547247878, 0547247877

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General Note
Originally published: Orlando : Harcourt, ©2008.
General Note
"Mariner book."
Description
Spanning the lifetime of one woman (1896-1962), The Toss of a Lemon brings readers intimately into a Brahmin household, into an India in the midst of social and political upheaval. Married at ten, widowed at eighteen, left with two children, Sivakami must wear widow's whites, shave her head, and touch no one from dawn to dusk. She is not allowed to remarry, and in the next sixty years she ventures outside her family compound only three times ...

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Viswanathan, P. (20092008). The toss of a lemon (1st Mariner books ed.). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Viswanathan, Padma, 1968-. 20092008. The Toss of a Lemon. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Viswanathan, Padma, 1968-. The Toss of a Lemon Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 20092008.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Viswanathan, Padma. The Toss of a Lemon 1st Mariner books ed., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 20092008.

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