The Tree Bride by Bharati Mukherjee [in AsianWeek]
08 Oct, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American
The Tree Bride picks up where Desirable Daughters left off. Tara Chaterjee learns that she’s pregnant and under the care of a doctor with whom she shares an ancestral past....
The youngest of three gorgeous sisters is confronted by a man who claims to be the love-child of the oldest sister. Family secrets, family expectations, family bonds are all challenged.
Review: 
The acclaimed winner of the 1988 
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