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Book still in very good condition .>>>> Out of the rich culture of India and the brutal drama of the 1947 Partition comes this lush and eloquent debut novel about two women married to the same man. - Roop is a young girl whose mother has died and whose father is deep in debt. So she is elated to learn she is to become the second wife of a wealthy Sikh landowner in a union beneficial to both. For Sardajiâ's first wife, Satya, has failed to bear him children. Roop believes that she and Satya, still very much in residence, will be friends. But the relationship between the older and younger woman is far more complex. And, as India lurches toward independence, Sardarji struggles to find his place amidst the drastic changes. - Meticulously researched and beautifully written, What the Body Remembers is at once poetic, political, feminist, and sensual. >>> Shauna Singh Baldwin was born in Montreal and grew up in India. She is the author of English Lessons and Other Stories and the novels What The Body Remembers and The Tiger Claw. Her short fiction, poetry, and essays have been published in literary magazines in the U.S.A., Canada, and India. From 1991-1994 she was an independent radio producer, hosting Sunno! the East-Indian-American radio show where you dont have to be East-Indian to listen. - Shauna holds an M.B.A. from Marquette University and an MFA from the University of British Columbia. Her first novel, What the Body Remembers, was published in 1999. It has been translated into eleven languages, and was awarded the 2000 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, Canada/Caribbean region. The Tiger Claw, published in 2004, was nominated for Canadas prestigious Giller Prize and has been optioned for a film. - Shaunas awards include Indias international Nehru Award (gold medal) for public speaking, and the national Shastri Award, a silver medal for English prose. She is the recipient of the 1995 Writers Union of Canada Award for short prose and the 1997 Canadian Literary Award. English Lessons received the 1996 Friends of American Writers Award. * India *
