May you be the mother of a hundred sons. A journey among the women of India

by BUMILLER, ELISABETH

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Book description: New York: Random House. 1990. Hard Cover. 0394563913 . 306 pages, 4 plates, cloth, dj, very good. 1st edition. From the dj, 'In this remarkable debut, journalist Elisabeth Bumiller captures the fascinating, complex and often tragic lives of the four hundred million women of India. In the tradition of Andrea Lee's Russian Journal and Mark Salzman's Iron and Silk, May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons is a unique, incisive portrait of a teeming, exotic nation. . . sensitively reveals the lives of India's women: villagers, movie stars, intellectuals, policewomen. In elegant, intelligent prose, Bumiller writes of the Indian women's movement, population control and other issues affecting women's lives.' .

Bookseller: Military History Bookshop (US)
Bookseller Inventory #: 14160
Format/binding: Hard Cover
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0394563913
ISBN 13: 9780394563916
Publisher: Random House
Place: New York
Date published: 1990
Keywords: WOMEN, INDIA, INDIAN, SOCIETY
Subjects: TRAVEL / Asia / India;

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