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The Daughters of Madurai (Barnes & Noble Book Club Edition)

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A vivid, universal story about the bond between mothers and daughters, this is a gripping, beautiful novel. Variyar deftly moves along the alternating timelines of 1990s India and present-day Australia and artfully uses both backdrops to illustrate the long-lasting horrors of female infanticide. An absolute knockout.

The Barnes & Noble Book Club Edition includes an exclusive afterword, a conversation with the author, and a book club discussion guide; it also features gorgeous colored edges and patterned endpapers that complement the beautiful cover design.

The Daughters of Madurai is both a heartrending family story and a page-turning mystery about the secrets we must keep to protect those we love. Madurai, 1992. A young mother in a poor family, Janani is told she is useless if she can’t produce a son—o...

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