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Book launch for FAINT PROMISE OF RAIN
Official book launch for Anjali Mitter Duva's debut novel, FAINT PROMISE OF RAIN. Join us for a reading, book signing and Q&A session. It is 1554 in the desert of Rajasthan, an outpost of resistance against a new Mughal emperor. In a family of Hindu temple dancers a daughter, Adhira, must carry on her family’s sacred tradition. Her father, against his wife and sons’ protests, insists Adhira “marry†the temple deity and give herself to a wealthy patron. But after one terrible evening, she makes a brave choice that carries her family’s story and their dance to a startling new beginning. Told from the memory of this exquisite dancer and filled with the sounds, sights and flavors of the Indian desert, this is the story of a family and a girl caught between art, duty, and fear in a changing world. Anjali Mitter Duva is an Indian-American writer raised in France. She is the author of Faint Promise of Rain (She Writes Press, October 2014) and a co-founder of Chhandika, a non-profit organization dedicated to the Indian classical dance form called kathak. Educated at Brown University and MIT, she lives near Boston with her husband and two daughters. Visit her at www.anjalimitterduva.com
Date: 10/13/2014
Location: Porter Square Books 25 White Street, Cambridge, MA
Time: 7:00 pm
Organized By: Anjali Mitter Duva
Cost: Free
Food: Some Indian snacks and chai.
Contact: anjalimduva@gmail.com
Web: http://www.portersquarebooks.com/event/anjali-mitter-duva-faint-promise-rain
Email: anjalimduva@gmail.com
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