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A LIFE LESS ORDINARY Baby Halder (India)

An inspirational memoir from India. This book is very hard to find.

This is a used book in very good condition: nice and clean with only minor wear. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Publisher's blurb: This is the story of Baby Halder, a young woman working as a domestic help in a home in Delhi. Hurriedly married off at the age of twelve, a mother by the time she was fourteen, Baby writes movingly and evocatively of her life as a young girl, and later as a young woman. The long absences of her father, the hardships faced by her mother, and her decision to walk out of her marriage, leaving Baby and her sister to manage the household, were the realities that shaped Baby's early life. When marriage came, Baby, still a child, yearned to play and study, but was burdened with the responsibility of being wife and mother while facing considerable violence from her husband. Escape finally came many years later, by which time the still young Baby was a mother of three, and she fled to the city in the hope of finding a job. Working in Delhi as a domestic help, Baby was lucky enough to come across an employer who encouraged her to read - which she did voraciously - and then to write. The story of Baby's life is a lesson in courage and survival

Book Details

Code: SKU1074

Condition: See notes and photos below

Binding: Paperback

Pages: 242

Published: 2006 by Penguin, Australia

ISBN: 0670071188

Postage: $6.90

Price: AUD $6.00