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It's 1905, and the Japanese victory over the Russians has shocked the British and their imperial subjects. Sixteen-year-old Leela and her younger sister, Maya, are spurred on to wear homespun to show the British that the Indians won't be oppressed for much longer, either, but when Leela's betrothed, Nash, asks her to circulate a petition amongst her classmates to desegregate the girls' school in Chadrapur, she's wary. She needs to remind Maya that the old ways are not all bad, for soon Maya will have to join her own betrothed and his family in their quiet village. When she discovers that Maya has embarked on a forbidden romance, Leela's response shocks her family, her town, and her country firmly into the new century.

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A beautifully-written tale about how our love--for siblings, romantic partners, and even for a country--shapes and transforms our identity and how we understand ourselves. -Prachi Gupta, words on Cosmopolitan, Salon, Jezebel UNFORGETTABLE -Alison Wellford, Indolence

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