Naming Maya

Naming Maya
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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages : 128
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ISBN-10 : 9781429921602
ISBN-13 : 1429921609
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Book Synopsis Naming Maya by : Uma Krishnaswami

Download or read book Naming Maya written by Uma Krishnaswami and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2004-04-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this compelling first novel, a young Indian American girl finally learns that she can choose which memories to keep and which to let go. Although Maya has done her best to avoid it, she is spending part of her summer in Chennai, India, with her mother, who is trying to sell her grandfather's old house. Soon Maya is drawn into a complicated friendship with eccentric Kamala Mami, who has been a housekeeper and cook for years in Maya's extended family. At the same time, Maya is thrust into an ocean of memories, all coming at her too quickly for her to understand. In particular, she is forced to examine the history of her parents' divorce -- all the more painful because she believes the trouble began with the choosing of her name. For years the tension has simmered in a cauldron of anxiety, secrets, and misunderstandings. It is only with the help of Kamala Mami and Maya's cousin Sumati that Maya is able to see what happened to her parents.


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