Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Cover Attractions!

 
There is something really vintage about this cover that really is attractive! I love this cover a Lot!
Synopsis:
"Each morning, Bhima, a domestic servant in contemporary Bombay, leaves her own small shanty in the slums to tend to another woman's house. In Sera Dubash's home, Bhima scrubs the floors of a house in which she remains an outsider. She cleans furniture she is not permitted to sit on. She washes glasses from which she is not allowed to drink. Yet despite being separated from each other by blood and class, she and Sera find themselves bound by gender and shared life experiences." "Sera is an upper-middle-class Parsi housewife whose opulent surroundings hide the shame and disappointment of her abusive marriage. A widow, she devotes herself to her family, spending much of her time caring for her pregnant daughter, Dinaz, a kindhearted, educated professional, and her charming and successful son-in-law, Viraf." "Bhima, a stoic illiterate hardened by a life of despair and loss, has worked in the Dubash household for more than twenty years. Cursed by fate, she sacrifices all for her beautiful, headstrong granddaughter, Maya, a university student whose education - paid for by Sera - will enable them to escape the slums. But when an unwed Maya becomes pregnant by a man whose identity she refuses to reveal, Bhima's dreams of a better life for her granddaughter, as well as for herself, may be shattered forever." Set in modern-day India and witnessed through two compelling and achingly real women, the novel shows how the lives of the rich and the poor are intrinsically connected yet vastly removed from each other, and vividly captures how the bonds of womanhood are pitted against the divisions of class and culture.
Some other covers of the same book that caught my attention are:

There is a great review of this book all around the blogosphere!Here is a review from Shona, see if this does not make you want to read it :)
I have added it to my wish list as well!! What cover a re you attracted to this week?!

9 comments:

(Diane) Bibliophile By the Sea said...

I LOVED this book, but I've never seen all the different covers. Mine was the top style, but I love the middle cover the best.

Thrity Umrigar is a favorite author of mine.

Anonymous said...

I have this one on my shelf...I've been meaning to read it for forever!

Suko said...

Three covers for the same book--interesting. I will read Shona's review.

Darlene said...

Wow, they are all pretty but I think I like the last one the best. This book has been on my shelf for a while now. I hear it's great.

Teddyree said...

Love the 1st cover too, vintage and a little haunting. Off to check out Shona's review :-)

Lisa said...

I love that top cover. After reading The Weight of Heaven, I can't wait to get to this one.

bermudaonion said...

The top cover is my favorite too!

Beth F said...

I agree that the top cover is my favorite.

Meryl said...

This looks really good--adding to my (ever growing) to-read list!

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