Books by Rani Manicka
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review 1: I picked up this book from my local neighborhood library simply because of the relatively rare subject and storyline it promised:1. In terms of subject - this is a story about a girl from Ceylon who becomes a Malaysian Indian woman (she represents so much more than that, but more...
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review 1: This book did not turn out to be what I expected at all. The title does a disservice to the book. I very much enjoyed this family saga detailing the life of Parvitha, a young girl married under false pretenses to a man many years her senior. The story became complex with a tou...
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review 1: Parvathi, a young girl in Ceylon is married off to a rich landlord in Malaya, by her unscrupulous father, by showing the marriage broker some other girl’s picture. This also fulfilled the prophesy when she was born. Parvathi’s husband is annoyed at the cheating, and asks her to g...