New York: Norton, (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, a story of modern India. Author Kiran Desai commented that "India's birth as a new nation parallels a woman's complex psychological journey confronting tradition and modernity. Exchanging sentimentality for clear vision, Suri reveals an immense humanity, and a tenderness for women making their way in a world of men." SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated endpapers. 455 pp. ISBN: 0-393065693.