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Keeping Corner
By Sheth, Kashmira
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-78683-859-2
- Publisher
- New York : Hyperion, c2007.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2007
Gr 6-9 Married at age 9, 12-year-old Leela looks forward to her "anu", the ceremony to send her to her husband's home. Instead, his sudden death forces the young widow to stay in her own home for a year and face a bleak future. Suddenly, her life is "living death." The privileged Brahmin child living in rural India in 1918 can no longer wear the brightly colored clothing and beautiful jewelry she loves; her head is shaved. Even after her year in isolation, others will shun her or worse. Luck...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
In 1918 India, when twelve-year-old Leela's husband dies, she's forced to follow widows' mourning traditions of the brahman (highest...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
