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Oleander Girl: A Novel Audiobook
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From the bestselling author of One Amazing Thing, Oleander Girl is a sweeping, suspenseful, atmospheric coming-of-age novel about a young woman who leaves India for America on a search that will transform her life.
Orphaned at birth, seventeen-year-old Korobi Roy is the scion of a distinguished Kolkata family and has enjoyed a privileged, sheltered childhood with her adoring grandparents. But she is troubled by the silence that surrounds her parents' death and clings fiercely to her only inheritance from them: a love note she found hidden in her mother's book of poetry. Korobi dreams of one day finding a love as powerful as her parents', and it seems her wish has come true when she meets the charming Rajat, the only son of a high-profile business family.
But shortly after their engagement, a heart attack kills Korobi's grandfather, revealing serious financial problems and a devastating secret about Korobi's past. Shattered by this discovery, Korobi undertakes a courageous search across post-9/11 America to find her true identity. Her dramatic, often startling journey will finally thrust her into the most difficult decision of her life.
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“An entrancingstoryteller with an unerring moral compass, Divakaruni has created a superblywell-plotted, charming, yet hard-hitting novel of family, marriage, and class,a veritable Indian Jane Austen novel spiked with racial prejudice and religiousviolence…From baneful secrets, poisonous misunderstandings and conflicts, andtranscendent love, Divakaruni has forged another tender, wise, and resonantpage-turner.”
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“Chitra Divakaruni is such an elegant writer, one who makes the reader feel not only engaged and entertained but a bit elevated, too. I’ve been a fan of Divakaruni’s work for a long time; this book keeps me one.”
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“Oleander Girl is a riveting and powerful exploration of family secrets, betrayal, love, and ultimately, the search for self. Divakaruni paints colorful characters on a rich tapestry of modern India, all still haunted by the past.”
— Shilpi Somaya Gowda, New York Times bestselling author of Secret Daughter -
“Like an Indian Maeve Binchy, Divakaruni offers an entertaining…read.”
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“I found it impossible to set this novel down once I picked it up. Chitra Divakaruni confronts the hard truths about love, loss, grief, redemption, and the choices we make in a family saga that reads like a detective novel.”
— Thrity Umrigar, author of The World We Found and The Space between Us -
“Oleander Girl is elegant and classic but also vivid and immediate…There is poetry on these pages but also the burning-on-both-ends urgency of a page turner. Gorgeous and exciting, this is a wonderful novel.”
— Tayari Jones, author of Silver Sparrow
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About Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an award-winning and bestselling author, activist, and professor. Her work has been published in over fifty magazines, including The Atlantic and The New Yorker, and included in The Best American Short Stories and The O. Henry Prize Stories. Her books have been translated into twenty-nine languages, and several have been used for campus-wide reads and made into films and plays. She teaches at the University of Houston.
About Sneha Mathan
Sneha Mathan is a voice actor and audiobook narrator. Her audiobook work has received several Earphones awards, and she is a three-time Audie Award finalist. She lives in Seattle.