YOU ASK FOR MY NAME, THE REAL ONE, AND I CANNOT TELL. IT IS NOT FOR LACK OF EFFORT. In 1930, a great ocean wave blots out a Bengali village, leaving only one survivor, a young girl. As a maidservant in a British boarding school, Pom is renamed Sarah and discovers her gift for languages. Her private dreams almost die when she arrives in Kharagpur and is recruited into a secretive, decadent world. Eventually, she lands in Calcutta, renames herself Kamala, and creates a new life rich in books and friends. But although success and even love seem within reach, she remains trapped by what she is . . . and is not. As India struggles to throw off imperial rule, Kamala uses her hard-won skillsâÈ'for secrecy, languages, and reading the unspoken gestures of those around herâÈ'to fight for her countryâÈçs freedom and her own happiness.

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Bookseller: Goodwill of the San Francisco Bay (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 49FUKU001XJ1_ns
Title: The Sleeping Dictionary
Author: Massey, Sujata
Book Condition: UsedGood The cover is clean but does show some wear.
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 1476703167
ISBN 13: 9781476703169
Publisher: Gallery Books
Place of Publication: Qi2
This edition first published: 2013-08-20

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