VIDESHI KANYA

FASCINATING AND INTIMATE THE GIRL FROM FOREIGN IS ONE WOMAN`S SEARCH FOR ANCIENT FAMILY SECRETS THAT LEADS TO AN ADVENTURE IN FAR-OFF LANDS. SADIA SHEPARD THE DAUGHTER OF A WHITE PROTESTANT FROM COLORADO AND A MUSLIM FROM PAKISTAN WAS SHOCKED TO DISCOVER THAT HER GRANDMOTHER WAS A DESCENDANT OF THE BENE ISRAEL A TINY JEWISH COMMUNITY SHIPWRECKED IN INDIA TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO. AFTER TRAVELING TO INDIA TO PUT THE PIECES OF HER FAMILY`S PAST TOGETHER HER QUEST FOR IDENTITY UNLOCKS A MYRIAD OF PROFOUND RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL REVELATIONS THAT SHEPARD GRACEFULLY WEAVES INTO THIS TOUCHING EYE-OPENING MEMOIR.