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What the Body Remembers

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What the Body Remembers

by Shauna Singh Baldwin

Goose Lane Editions | October 15, 1999 | Audio Book (Cassette)

For the first time -- simultaneous book publication, radio broadcast, and Between the Covers Collection audiobook release! What the Body Remembers is set in the state of Punjab just before Partition. This stunning first novel tells the story of Roop, the young and beautiful second wife of a wealthy Sikh, kind yet uncompromisingly traditional. Domestic politics become as dangerous as national politics, and, like the larger Partition, the division of the household creates new anguish. Finally Roop discovers in herself the self-preserving ambition of the woman who was her mortal enemy and is now almost her guiding spirit.
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    Rating: 5/5

    Extraordinary Read

    Sue Demitropoulos

    6 years ago

    A beautiful, resonating book full of realized characters that linger with you long after you've finished reading. I loved how the story was told from different characters' point of view so that it was multi-dimensional. The description of the events surrounding Partision was chilling and haunting.

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    Anonymous

    Rating: 5/5

    A Must Read!

    Anonymous

    6 years ago

    Baldwin's "What the Body Remembers" is the story of two women married to the same man. The author does an excellent job of developing the relationship between the reader and both women, leaving the reader feeling torn between the characters. This is a fantastic story and should be on every fiction lovers list of books to read!

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    kendra

    Rating: 5/5

    Fantastic

    kendra

    7 years ago

    Fantastic! Your jacket cover caught my eye, your storyline hooked me,
    the story was delightful and I am a huge fan.
    KP

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    Nicci

    Rating: 5/5

    Extremely Engaging

    Nicci

    12 years ago

    What the Body Remembers is an beautifully written book with a memorable and believable story. I listened to a number of the chapters read aloud on CBC radio and purchased the book based on what I'd heard. I was not disappointed!

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It the final hours of before Partition, the state of Punjab is poised on the brink of chaos and uncertainty - and 16-year-old Roop is taking her first uneasy steps into womanhood. Her mother is dead and her father is in debt, so she is elated when she first learns that she is to be the second wife of Sardarju, a wealthy and childless Sikh landowner. But she soon discovers that her household is to be as bitterly divided as her nation, and she discovers an unlikely mentor in the woman who was at first her most dire enemy. Written by Montreal-born Shauna Singh Baldwin, What the Body Remembers is, at last, available on audio cassette.  

From the Publisher

For the first time -- simultaneous book publication, radio broadcast, and Between the Covers Collection audiobook release! What the Body Remembers is set in the state of Punjab just before Partition. This stunning first novel tells the story of Roop, the young and beautiful second wife of a wealthy Sikh, kind yet uncompromisingly traditional. Domestic politics become as dangerous as national politics, and, like the larger Partition, the division of the household creates new anguish. Finally Roop discovers in herself the self-preserving ambition of the woman who was her mortal enemy and is now almost her guiding spirit.

About the Author

Shauna Singh Baldwin was born in Montreal, grew up in India, and now lives in Milwaukee.

Audio Book (Cassette)

1 Pages, 4.27 x 5.56 x 1.36 IN

October 15, 1999

Goose Lane Editions

English


0864922787
9780864922786

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From the Critics

"Formidable . . . a moving and engaging look at 20th-century India's most troubled years." - The New York Times Book Review

"A captivating jewel of a novel by a seasoned and sophisticated writer." - The Washington Post

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