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Name of Book: Oleander Girl Author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ISBN: 978-1-4516-9565-6 Publisher: Free Press Type of book: India, marriage, traditions vs modernism, classes, America, secrets, post 9/11 2002, love, surprises, interracial relationship, broken promises, family loyalty Year it was published: 2013 Summary: From the bestselling author of One Amazing Thing, a sweeping, suspenseful, atmospheric coming-of-age novel about a young woman who leaves India for America on a search that will transform her life.Beloved by critics and readers, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni has been hailed by Junot DÍaz as a “brilliant storyteller” and by People magazine as a “skilled cartographer of the heart.” Now, Divakaruni returns with her most gripping novel yet. Orphaned at birth, seventeen-year-old Korobi Roy is the scion of a distinguished Kolkata family and has enjoyed a privileged, sheltered childhood with her adoring grandparents. But she is troubled by the silence that surroun...