The Village by the Sea: an Indian Family Story [Paperback]

Anita Desai (Author)

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Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Puffin Books; Film and TV Tie-in Ed edition
ISBN-10: 0141313471
ISBN-13: 978-0141313474

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Touching family story 17 July 2003

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Format:Hardcover

A touching story of how the little kids in a poor family in India work together towards a better future.Definitely worth a read...

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story of struggle for survival of children 14 Jun 2001

By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com

Format:Hardcover

This book elaborates the difficulties that children from poor Indian families face in their struggle for survival. More so if they have a drunkyard as thier father.Further one gets a closer peep into the problem of migration from villages towards cities in search of prosperity and enhanced employment opportunities.The challenges,brutal struggle for survival of a city life has been clearly elucidated herein. In all its a very satisfying reading experience which promises economic salvation of India in the form of industrialization.

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