The Tree Bride

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The Tree Bride
Cover to the 1st edition
First edition cover
Author Bharati Mukherjee
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Historical
Publisher Theia
Publication date August 2004
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 293 pp (hardback edition) & 304 pp (paperback edition)
ISBN ISBN 1-4013-0058-8 (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-7868-8866-0 (paperback edition)
Preceded by Desirable Daughters

The Tree Bride, (2004) is the latest work by Bharati Mukherjee. It is the sequel to Desirable Daughters.

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The quiet brahmin girl from Bengal becomes a passionate resister of foreign rule, against the British Raj. The narrator discovers her ancestor's struggle for her land, whilst seeking to establish herself as an American citizen.


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The Tree Bride by Bharati Mukherjee


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