Isbn: 9798899480034 - missy: a novel (6 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. A remarkable young woman flees India to chase the dream of self-reinvention in AmericaThe orphaned girls of St. Ursula's convent are destined to be nuns or servants, but seventeen-year-old Savi dreams of escape. She is chosen to work as a governess for the wealthy Nandiyar family at their country estate in Tamil Nadu, where she falls for a lively and carefree apprentice sculptor. After the violent and horrific events of a single night, they are forced to flee, leaving their homeland forever in the rearview.Decades later, Savi has become known to all as "Missy" and runs a successful driving school in Chicago. She is a pillar of the South Asian community and the mother of two brilliant, stubborn young women, Mansi and Shilpa. But when Varun, a charming doctor with mysterious connections to her past, enters their lives, a chain of events is set off that puts Missy's carefully constructed world in jeopardy. Can Missy outrun her secrets? And, if she is forced to face them, what will become of those she loves? Missy tells the story of Savi, a young domestic servant on a wealthy estate, who flees India and settles in Chicago, reinventing herself as "Missy," a no-nonsense driving-school operator. Decades later, secrets come unburied and threaten her grown daughters' futures. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - A remarkable young woman flees India to chase the dream of self-reinvention in AmericaThe orphaned girls of St. Ursula's convent are destined to be nuns or servants, but seventeen-year-old Savi dreams of escape. She is chosen to work as a governess for the wealthy Nandiyar family at their country estate in Tamil Nadu, where she falls for a lively and carefree apprentice sculptor. After the violent and horrific events of a single night, they are forced to flee, leaving their homeland forever in the rearview.Decades later, Savi has become known to all as 'Missy' and runs a successful driving school in Chicago. She is a pillar of the South Asian community and the mother of two brilliant, stubborn young women, Mansi and Shilpa. But when Varun, a charming doctor with mysterious connections to her past, enters their lives, a chain of events is set off that puts Missy's carefully constructed world in jeopardy. Can Missy outrun her secrets And, if she is forced to face them, what will become of those she loves.…