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The Rice Mother

by Rani Manicka
$8.90
The Rice Mother
The Rice Mother

Intergenerational saga of sacrifice and survival.

"The Rice Mother" unfolds as richly as a tapestry, with Lakshmi's poignant story etching itself into your heart. As you turn each page, you'll find yourself steeped in the vivid cultural backdrop of Malaya, wrestling with the complexities of familial devotion and the harsh realities of poverty. It's a narrative that's as resilient and powerful as the matriarch it portrays, sure to resonate with anyone who appreciates family epics told with raw honesty and lush detail.

  • Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in South East Asia and Pacific (2003)
  • POPULAR-The Star Readers’ Choice Awards Nominee for Fiction (2011)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Rice Mother

by Rani Manicka
$8.90
ISBN: 9781444706581
Authors: Rani Manicka
Publisher: Hodder
Date of Publication: 2010-05-13
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: War, Feminism, Japanese Literature, World War II, Asian Literature, Literature
Goodreads rating: 4.16
(rated by 7409 readers)

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A compelling glimpse into a captivatingly exotic world of myth and magic. Beguiled by promises of wealth, fourteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her native Ceylon for Malaya and marriage to a man many years her senior. But Ayah has lied to her and her family about his circumstances and in fact he lives in poverty. A woman of formidable energy and intelligence, Lakshmi provides security, if not luxury, for her family, though at a considerable emotional cost. Then the Japanese army invades during WWII. On the eve of peace, her beloved eldest daughter is raped and killed by the occupying army. The family bears deep scars and inflicts those wounds on the next generation. But in Nisha, Lakshmi's great-granddaughter, it is as if Fate has come full circle and the novel ends on a note of reconciliation and hope.
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Intergenerational saga of sacrifice and survival.

"The Rice Mother" unfolds as richly as a tapestry, with Lakshmi's poignant story etching itself into your heart. As you turn each page, you'll find yourself steeped in the vivid cultural backdrop of Malaya, wrestling with the complexities of familial devotion and the harsh realities of poverty. It's a narrative that's as resilient and powerful as the matriarch it portrays, sure to resonate with anyone who appreciates family epics told with raw honesty and lush detail.

  • Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book in South East Asia and Pacific (2003)
  • POPULAR-The Star Readers’ Choice Awards Nominee for Fiction (2011)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.