The Color of Our Sky by Amita Trasi

The Color of Our Sky by Amita Trasi

A sweeping, emotional path of two childhood friends—one struggling to survive the human slave trade and the other on a mission to save her—two girls whose lives converge only to transformation one fateful night in 1993. India, 1986: Mukta, a ten-year-old girl from the lower caste Yellamma cult of temple prostitutes has come of age to fulfill her destiny of becoming a temple prostitute. In an attempt to escape this legacy that binds her, Mukta is transported to a foster family in Bombay. There she discovers a friend in the high spirited eight-year-old Tara, the tomboyish daughter of the family, who guides her recover from the wounds of her past.

Tara introduces Mukta to a different world—ice cream and sweets, poems and stories, and a friendship the likes of which she has never experienced before. As time goes by, their bond grows to be as strong as that between sisters. In 1993, Mukta is kidnapped from Tara’s room. Eleven years later, Tara who blames herself for what happened, embarks on an emotional path to search for the kidnapped Mukta only to uncover long buried insights in her own family.

Book details

• Title: The Color of Our Sky
• Author: Amita Trasi
• Genre: Culture & History, Fiction
• Format: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New

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