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"In India, Smita is an untouchable. Desperate to give her daughter an education, she takes her child and flees her small village with nothing but resourcefulness, eventually heading to a temple where she will experience a rebirth. In Sicily, Giulia works in her father's wig workshop, the last of its kind in Palermo. She washes, bleaches, and dyes the hair provided by the city's hairdressers, which is now in short supply. But when her father is the victim of a serious accident, she discovers that the company's financial situation is dire. Now she must find a way to save her family's livelihood. In Canada, Sarah is a successful lawyer and twice-divorced mother of three children whose identity is wrapped up in her work. Just as she expects a big promotion, her life is shattered when she's diagnosed with cancer"--
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The Braid, Lætitia Colombani
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- Released
- 2020
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- Title
- The Braid
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Lætitia Colombani
- Publisher
- THORNDIKE PR
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 278
- ISBN10
- 1432872362
- ISBN13
- 9781432872366
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, France, Gifts for women, Southern Europe, Italy, Feminism, Literary Fiction, French Literature, India, Breast Cancer
- First published
- 2017
- Original title
- La tresse
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
- Description
- "In India, Smita is an untouchable. Desperate to give her daughter an education, she takes her child and flees her small village with nothing but resourcefulness, eventually heading to a temple where she will experience a rebirth. In Sicily, Giulia works in her father's wig workshop, the last of its kind in Palermo. She washes, bleaches, and dyes the hair provided by the city's hairdressers, which is now in short supply. But when her father is the victim of a serious accident, she discovers that the company's financial situation is dire. Now she must find a way to save her family's livelihood. In Canada, Sarah is a successful lawyer and twice-divorced mother of three children whose identity is wrapped up in her work. Just as she expects a big promotion, her life is shattered when she's diagnosed with cancer"--