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Vara, Vauhini

Summary: "Will you, dear Shareholder, set Athena free? Athena Rao must reckon with the memory of her father, King Rao-literally. Through biotechnological innovation, he has given her his memories. His Dalit childhood on an Indian coconut plantation in the 1950s is as alive to her as her own existence in a prison cell, accused of her father's murder. Egocentric, brilliant, a little damaged, King Rao had...

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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2022

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VAR

Vara, Vauhini

Summary: "Pushing intimacy to its limits in prose of unearthly beauty, Vauhini Vara explores the nature of being a child, parent, friend, sibling, neighbor, or lover, and the relationships between self and others. A young girl reads the encyclopedia to her elderly neighbor, who is descending into dementia. A pair of teenagers seek intimacy as phone-sex operators. A competitive sibling tries to rise...

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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2023

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC VAR

Summary: Presents a collection of the year's best essays as selected by best-selling author Alexander Chee.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 BES

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