The house of hidden mothers
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New York : Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2016.
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Franklin Ave. Library - Fiction - Adult
Syal, M.
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Published
New York : Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2016.
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Book
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419 pages ; 23 cm.
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English

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"A novel about a forty-eight-year-old woman, Shyama, whose decision to use a surrogate mother from India in order to have a child with her younger boyfriend causes her life to intersect with Mala's, a young girl trapped in an oppressive marriage in a rural village in India who dreams of escape"--,Provided by publisher.
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"Shyama, a forty-eight-year-old London divorcée, already has an unruly teenage daughter, but that doesn't stop her and her younger lover, Toby, from wanting a child together. Their relationship may look like a cliché, but despite the news from her doctor that she no longer has any viable eggs, Shyama's not ready to give up on their dream of having a baby. So they decide to find an Indian surrogate to carry their child, which is how they meet Mala, a young woman trapped in an oppressive marriage in a small Indian town from which she's desperate to escape. But as the pregnancy progresses, they discover that their simple arrangement may be far more complicated than it seems.In The House of Hidden Mothers, Meera Syal, an acclaimed British actress and accomplished novelist, takes on the timely but underexplored issue of India's booming surrogacy industry. Western couples pay a young woman to have their child and then fly home with a baby, an easy narrative that ignores the complex emotions involved in carrying a child. Syal turns this phenomenon into a compelling, thoughtful novel already hailed in the UK as "rumbustious, confrontational and ultimately heartbreaking. Turn[s] the standard British-Asian displacement narrative on its head" (The Guardian). Compulsively readable and with a winning voice, The House of Hidden Mothers deftly explores subjects of age, class, and the divide between East and West"--,Provided by publisher.
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Adult.,Brodart.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Syal, M. (2016). The house of hidden mothers (First American edition.). Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Strauss and Giroux.

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

Syal, Meera. 2016. The House of Hidden Mothers. Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Strauss and Giroux.

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

Syal, Meera. The House of Hidden Mothers Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2016.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Syal, Meera. The House of Hidden Mothers First American edition., Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2016.

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