JANUARY 2012
FICTION
First Time on Audio Publishers Weekly H Review
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Sister of My Heart A Novel
From the award-winning author of Mistress of Spices, the bestselling novel about the extraordinary bond between two women, and the family secrets and romantic jealousies that threaten to tear them apart.
Anju is the daughter of an upper-caste Calcutta family of distinction. Her cousin Sudha is the daughter of the black sheep of that same family. Sudha is startlingly beautiful; Anju is not. Despite those differences, since the day on which the two girls were born, the same day their fathers died—mysteriously and violently—Sudha and Anju have been sisters of the heart. Bonded in ways even their mothers cannot comprehend, the two girls grow into womanhood as if their fates as well as their hearts were merged.
Read by Julia Whelan
Category: Fiction/Literary Running Time: 11 hrs 30 min - Unabridged Paperback: 01/19/1999 (Anchor) Territory: World English On Sale Date: 01/30/2012 Trade 9781452606019 10 Audio CDs $39.99 Library 9781452636016 10 Audio CDs $83.99 MP3 9781452656014 1 MP3-CD $29.99 Chiva Banerjee Divakaruni is the bestselling author of the novel The Mistress of Spices and the story collections The Unknown Errors of Our Lives and Arranged Marriage, which received several awards, including the American Book Award; and four collections of prize-winning poetry. Her work has appeared in publications including the New Yorker, the Atlantic Monthly, Ms., Good Housekeeping, The Best American Short stories 1999, and the New York Times. Author residence: Near Houston, Texas Julia Whelan has garnered many positive reviews for her audiobook narrations, won multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, and was named one of AudioFile magazine’s Best Voices of 2010. Her “flawless” narration of Jandy Nelson’s The Sky Is Everywhere earned a place in the first round of 2011 Grammy nominations for Best Spoken Word Album.
But, when Sudha learns a dark family secret, that connection is shattered. For the first time in their lives, the girls know what it is to feel suspicion and distrust. Urged into arranged marriages, Sudha and Anju’s lives take opposite turns. Sudha becomes the dutiful daughter-in-law of a rigid small-town household. Anju goes to America with her new husband and learns to live her own life of secrets. When tragedy strikes each of them, however, they discover that despite distance and marriage, they have only each other to turn to. MARKETING • National bestseller • Author of The Mistress of Spices PRAISE FOR SISTER OF MY HEART
“An inspired and imaginative raconteur, Divakaruni is sure to engender comparisons with Arundhati Roy (The God of Small Things), but Divakaruni’s novel stands in its own right as a compelling read.” —Publishers Weekly H Review “Irresistible—With this enchanting novel, Divakaruni shows herself to be a skilled cartographer of the heart.” —People
“Beautifully blends the chills of reality with the rich imaginings of a fairy tale.” —The Wall Street Journal
“[Divakaruni’s] literary voice is a sensual bridge between worlds. India and America. Children and parents. Men and women. Passion and pragmatism.” —USA Today
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