First Darling of the Morning: Selected Memories of an Indian Childhood Paperback - 2008
by Thrity Umrigar
From the bestselling author of "The Space Between Us" comes a fascinating glimpse at the 1960s and 70s Bombay which Umrigar remembers. Two coming-of-age stories collide in this memoir--one of a small child, and one of a nation.
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First Darling of the Morning is the powerful and poignant memoir of bestselling author Thrity Umrigar, tracing the arc of her Bombay childhood and adolescence from her earliest memories to her eventual departure for the United States at age twenty-one. It is an evocative, emotionally charged story of a young life steeped in paradox; of a middle-class Parsi girl attending Catholic school in a predominantly Hindu city; of a guilt-ridden stranger in her own land, an affluent child in a country mired in abysmal poverty. She reveals intimate secrets and offers an unflinching look at family issues once considered unspeakable as she interweaves two fascinating coming-of-age stories--one of a small child, and one of a nation.
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- Title First Darling of the Morning: Selected Memories of an Indian Childhood
- Author Thrity Umrigar
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Edition-1st
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York
- Date 2008-10-21
- ISBN 9780061451614 / 0061451614
- Weight 0.53 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 8.02 x 5.38 x 0.77 in (20.37 x 13.67 x 1.96 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Indian
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Authors, American, Bombay (India)
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Citations
- Booklist, 09/01/2008, Page 25
- Booklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's, 01/01/2009, Page 12
- Booklist Editors Choice/Adult, 01/01/2009, Page 6
- Kirkus Reviews, 10/15/2008, Page 1107
- Library Journal, 08/15/2008, Page 93
- New York Times Book Review, 12/28/2008, Page 17
- Publishers Weekly, 08/11/2008, Page 35
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