Faint Promise of Rain, (Paperback)

from scot2

I found this book difficult to get into at first. In fact I left it aside for quite some time before returning to it. I'm glad I did because as I continued I realized what a beautiful story it was. You empathized with the characters and felt saddened by the lives the Devadasis were forced into li...

from TFHetrick

Though set in an arid Indian desert landscape in 1554, this compelling novel is sumptuous and wholly contemporary in its depiction of a family torn apart, yet bound together, and struggling for survival. I love Anjali Mitter Duva's firm grasp of time and place, and her ability to make this exotic...

from clue

faint promise of rain by Anjali Mitter Duva is a superb historical novel that takes us to the desert of India during the 16th century. Adhira, the youngest child in a family of Hindu temple dancers, tells her story. She begins by saying: In Rajasthan, where I was born, a child of five is likely n...

from clue

faint promise of rain by Anjali Mitter Duva is a superb historical novel that takes us to the desert of India during the 16th century. Adhira, the youngest child in a family of Hindu temple dancers, tells her story. She begins by saying: In Rajasthan, where I was born, a child of five is likely n...