Book
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- CENTRAL: First Floor Collection
- OSHTEMO: Adult Stacks
One amazing thing
Call Number
- FICTION DIVA (CEN, OSH)
Edition
First Hachette Books trade edition.
Publication Information
New York : Hachette Books, 2015.
Physical Description
227 pages ; 21 cm
Summary
When an earthquake hits, nine men and women of diverse ages and backgrounds are trapped in an Indian consulate. Cameron, an African American Vietnam vet, takes charge, striving to keep them safe. College student Uma, who brought along The Canterbury Tales to read while waiting for clerk Malathi and her boss Mangalam to process her papers, suggests that they each tell an important story from their lives. Their tales of heartbreak and revelation are nuanced and riveting as Divakaruni takes fresh measure of the transcendent power of stories and the pilgrimage tradition. True, the nine, including an older couple, a young Muslim man, and a Chinese Indian grandmother and her granddaughter, are captives of a disaster, but they are also pilgrims of the spirit, seeking one amazing thing affirming that life, for all its pain, is miraculous. -- Booklist.
Notes
Includes conversation with author and reading group guide.