The Trasi, Amita creator author. text Psychological fiction. Psychological fiction. Fiction. Psychological fiction. nyu 2017 2017 First edition. monographic eng

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401 pages ; 21 cm 1986: Mukta, a ten-year-old girl from the lower caste Yellamma cult of temple prostitutes has come of age to fulfill her destiny of becoming a temple prostitute. In an attempt to escape this legacy that binds her, Mukta is transported to a foster family in Bombay. There she discovers a friend in the high spirited eight-year-old Tara, the tomboyish daughter of the family, who helps her recover from the wounds of her past. Tara introduces Mukta to a different world--ice cream and sweets, poems and stories, and a friendship the likes of which she has never experienced before. In 1993, Mukta is kidnapped from Tara's room. Eleven years later, Tara who blames herself for what happened, embarks on an emotional journey to search for the kidnapped Mukta only to uncover long buried secrets in her own family. Amita Trasi. a-ii--- Friendship in children Fiction Human trafficking Fiction Family secrets Fiction Family secrets Friendship in children Human trafficking Mumbai (India) Fiction India Mumbai PS3620.R3736 C65 2017 823 TRA FIC044000 FIC054000 FIC051000 9780062474070 0062474073 2018296275 BRO-adap20170418-054 TOH 180702 20200124124400.0 20566175 eng