New York: Hyperion, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fifth novel by this award winning writer one that is "both the portrait of a traditional Brahmin family on the brink of its dissolution, and a contemporary American story of a woman who has outwardly broken with tradition, but still remains tied to her native country. In so doing, [she] has also given us three extraordinary women - sisters - the 'desirable daughters' of the title." SIGNED on the title page. 310 pp. ISBN: 0-786865989.