Nectar in a Sieve

<b>The acclaimed million-copy bestselling novel about a woman's struggle to find happiness in a changing India. <p/></b>Married as a child bride to a tenant farmer she had never met Rukmani works side by side in the field with her husband to wrest a living from a land ravaged by droughts monsoons and insects. With remarkable fortitude and courage she meets changing times and fights poverty and disaster. <p/> This beautiful and eloquent story tells of a simple peasant woman in a primitive village in India whose whole life is a gallant and persistent battle to care for those she loves--an unforgettable novel that will wring your heart out (Associated Press).<b><br></b><br><b>Includes an Introduction by Indira Ganesan</b><br><b> And an Afterword by Thrity Umrigar</b>