From the Publisher: Gloria Whelan's National Book Award-winning novel chronicles the breathtaking story of a remarkable young woman who dares to defy fate. Like many girls her age in India, thirteen-year-old Koly faces her arranged marriage with hope and courage. But Koly's story takes a terrible turn when in the wake of the ceremony, she discovers she's been horribly misled; her life has been sold for a dowry. In prose both graceful and unflinching, this powerful novel relays the story of a rare young woman, who even when cast out into a brutal current of time-worn tradition, sets out to forge her own remarkable future. Inspired by a newspaper article about real teenage widows in India today.
- ISBN10 0064408191
- ISBN13 9780064408196
- Publish Date 21 August 2001 (first published 1 March 2000)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint HarperCollins Children's Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 186
- Language English