THE BLUE NOTEBOOK, James A. Levine's first novel, tells the haunting story of Batuk, a 15-year old girl whose family, living in the Indian countryside, is in such poverty and debt that she is sold into sexual slavery and lives in a cage on the streets of Mumbai. Batuk is just one of many girls forced into prostitution, but against the odds, she manages to put pen to paper, writing stories of her life that help her transcend and make a certain sense of her daily existence. The novel is powerfully told in Batuk's voice, through the words she writes in her journal. Searing, moving, and surprisingly hopeful, THE BLUE NOTEBOOK explores how people, in the most difficult of circumstances, can use stories to understand and give meaning to their lives.
- ISBN10 1415963142
- ISBN13 9781415963142
- Publish Date 7 July 2009
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 16 February 2017
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Books on Tape
- Edition Bot Exclusive ed.
- Format Audiobook (CD)
- Duration 7 hours and 21 minutes
- Language English