Song of the Cuckoo Bird - Softcover

"A sprawling, gorgeous intergenerational saga, in which the spice and savor of traditional India progresses painfully into the present-the changing of women's lives and the dimunition of the man as household god. Told through the mysterious embroidery of one family's tapestry-its life, loves, regrets, secrets, deaths, and even what comes after death-Song of the Cuckoo Bird is mesmerizing."
-Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean and The Breakdown Lane

A sprawling, gorgeous intergenerational saga, in which the spice and savor of traditional India progresses painfully into the present the changing of women s lives and the dimunition of the man as household god. Told through the mysterious embroidery of one family s tapestry its life, loves, regrets, secrets, deaths, and even what comes after death Song of the Cuckoo Bird is mesmerizing.
Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean and The Breakdown Lane"

Kokila, a young orphan promised in an arranged marriage, takes a stand to preserve her independence by refusing to go home with her husband, a refusal that condemns her to a life of poverty and isolation in which she must fight for a place in a society that measures a woman's worth through her marriage and children. Reader's Guide included. Original. 15,000 first printing.