Large print book
The secrets between us : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062842954 (paperback : large print) :
- Physical Description: ix, 479 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
- Edition: First HarperLuxe edition
- Publisher: New York, New York : HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Sequel to: The space between us |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Women -- India -- Fiction Large type books India -- Social life and customs -- Fiction |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Bowen Island Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Other Formats and Editions
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Island Public Library | F UMR (Text) | 30947000536108 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
After being fired from her job as a servant, Bhima forms a partnership with Parvati to sell produce at the local market and makes her first true friend in this follow up to The Space Between Us. 40,000 first printing. Simultaneous. - Baker & Taylor
After being fired from her job as a servant, Bhima forms a partnership with Parvati to sell produce at the local market and makes her first true friend. - HARPERCOLL
âA powerful, urgent novel that wields issues of gender and class like a blade. . . . This intergenerational novel asks hard questions about who we are, who we can become, and what awaits on the other side of our becoming. Thrity Umrigar is known as a bold and generous writer, and The Secrets Between Us only further establishes her reputation.â â Wiley Cash, author of The Last Ballad
Bhima, the unforgettable main character of Thrity Umrigarâs beloved national bestseller The Space Between Us, returns in this triumphant sequelâa poignant and compelling novel in which the former servant struggles against the circumstances of class and misfortune to forge a new path for herself and her granddaughter in modern India.
Poor and illiterate, Bhima had faithfully worked for the Dubash family, an upper-middle-class Parsi household, for more than twenty years. Yet after courageously speaking the truth about a heinous crime perpetrated against her own family, the devoted servant was cruelly fired. The sting of that dismissal was made more painful coming from Sera Dubash, the temperamental employer who had long been Bhimaâs only confidante. A woman who has endured despair and loss with stoicism, Bhima must now find some other way to support herself and her granddaughter, Maya.
Bhimaâs fortunes take an unexpected turn when her path intersects with Parvati, a bitter, taciturn older woman. The two acquaintances soon form a tentative business partnership, selling fruits and vegetables at the local market. As they work together, these two women seemingly bound by fate grow closer, each confessing the truth about their lives and the wounds that haunt them. Discovering her first true friend, Bhima pieces together a new life, and together, the two women learn to stand on their own.
A dazzling story of gender, strength, friendship, and second chances, The Secrets Between Us is a powerful and perceptive novel that brilliantly evokes the complexities of life in modern India and the harsh realities faced by women born without privilege as they struggle to survive.
