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2023 Best Adult Fiction & Nonfiction (SCPL)
2023 Read Widely: Travel & Stories on Multiple Continents
Carol Shields Prize Longlist 2024
OBD Best Books of 2023 (BookPage) - Adult
2023 Read Widely: Travel & Stories on Multiple Continents
Carol Shields Prize Longlist 2024
OBD Best Books of 2023 (BookPage) - Adult
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"Abbas is just seventeen years old when he leaves his family to serve in the court of Tipu Sultan, a volatile and unpredictable ruler. An inspired woodcarver, Abbas is apprenticed to a master toy maker in order to build a massive tiger automaton, a gift to celebrate the return of the Sultan's sons from British captivity. Working alongside the legendary French clockmaker Monsieur du Leze, Abbas hones his craft and learns to read French and then meets...
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A story about sisterhood, the tantalizing dream of America, and the secret histories and hilarious eccentricities of families everywhere. When Anju, the daughter of a dyspesic father living in Kerala, India, wins a scholarship to a prestigious school in America, she seizes the opportunity, even though it means betraying her sister. But when Anju goes missing, her sister Linno procures a visa so that she too can travel to America to search for her...
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