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Amita Trasi
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India, 1986: Mukta, a ten-year-old girl from the lower caste Yellamma cult has come of age to fulfill her destiny of becoming a temple prostitute. In an attempt to escape the legacy that binds her, Mukta is transported to a foster family in Bombay, only to be kidnapped years later. Can her childhood friend, Tara, find her?
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La conmovedora historia de la amistad de dos niñas, una luchando por sobrevivir al comercio de personas y la otra intentando salvarla. Dos niñas cuyas vidas tomaron caminos distintos una devastadora noche de 1993.
India, 1986: Mukta, una niña de diez años, perteneciente a la casta Yellamma, ha llegado a la edad de tener que cumplir su destino convirtiéndose en prostituta del templo. En un intento de hacerla escapar de este legado, la llevan con...
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In the spirit of Khaled Hosseini, Nadia Hashimi and Shilpi Somaya Gowda comes this powerful debut from a talented new voice, a sweeping, emotional journey of two childhood friends in Mumbai, India, whose lives converge only to change forever one fateful night. India, 1986: Mukta, a ten-year-old village girl from the lower caste Yellama cult has come of age and must fulfill her destiny of becoming a temple prostitute, as her mother and grandmother...
