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Faint Promise of Rain

A Novel

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Faint Promise of Rain

By: Anjali Mitter Duva
Narrated by: Meetu Chilana
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It is 1554. On a rare night of rain in the desert of Rajasthan, India, a daughter, Adhira, is born to a family of Hindu temple dancers just as a new Mughal emperor takes the throne.

Fearing a bleak future, her father puts his faith in tradition and in his last child for each to save the other: He insists Adhira "marry" the temple deity and give herself to a wealthy patron. But after one terrible evening, she makes a bold choice that carries her family's story and their dance to a startling new beginning.

Told from the perspective of this exquisite dancer and filled with the sounds, sights, and flavors of the Indian desert, Faint Promise of Rain is the story of a family and a girl caught between art, duty, and fear in a changing world.

Shortlisted for the 2016 William Saroyan Prize for International Writing

©2014 Anjali Mitter Duva (P)2016 Anjali Mitter Duva Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction World Literature
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