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The selector of souls : a novel / by Shauna Singh Baldwin

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto : Vintage Canada, 2013Edition: Vintage Canada editionDescription: 547 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780307362933
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813.6
Summary: Two fascinating, strong-willed women must deal with the relentless logic forced upon them by survival: Damini, a Hindu midwife, and Anu, who flees an abusive marriage for the sanctuary of the Catholic church. When Sister Anu comes to Damini's home village to open a clinic, their paths cross, and each are certain they are doing what's best for women. What do health, justice, education and equality mean for women when India is marching toward prosperity, growth and becoming a nuclear power? If the baby girls and women around them are to survive, Damini and Anu must find creative ways to break with tradition and help this community change from within.
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Book Book Main Library Reference Section Women’s Collection WC 823.6 B182s 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 132524d
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WC 823 Sc378f 1980 Olive Schreiner WC 823 Sv968u 1991 An unusually clumsy lover WC 823.01 Sh558 1977 Shirley Temple is a wife and mother : 34 stories WC 823.6 B182s 2013 The selector of souls : a novel WC 823.91 St799f 1979 For love alone WC 823.912 M156e 1986 Extraordinary women : theme and variations WC 823.914 M232v 1985 Virgin territory

Two fascinating, strong-willed women must deal with the relentless logic forced upon them by survival: Damini, a Hindu midwife, and Anu, who flees an abusive marriage for the sanctuary of the Catholic church. When Sister Anu comes to Damini's home village to open a clinic, their paths cross, and each are certain they are doing what's best for women. What do health, justice, education and equality mean for women when India is marching toward prosperity, growth and becoming a nuclear power? If the baby girls and women around them are to survive, Damini and Anu must find creative ways to break with tradition and help this community change from within.

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