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Nectar in a sieve

by Kamala Markandaya

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In a small village in India, a simple peasant woman recalls her life as a child bride, a farmer's wife, and a devoted mother amidst fights to meet changing times, poverty, and disaster.

Farm lifeFarmers' spousesFictionHistoryMarried womenPeasantry and peasant lifeWomenReading Level-Grade 11Reading Level-Grade 10Reading Level-Grade 12Fiction, generalIndia, fiction