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Author Desai, Anita, 1937-

Title The village by the sea : an Indian family story / Anita Desai
Published London : Heinemann, 1982
[1984?]

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 MELB CRC  JUNIOR FICTION Des/Vbt  AVAILABLE
Description 156 pages ; 23 cm
Summary When their family falls on hard times, thirteen-year-old Lila and her twelve-year-old brother, Hari, try desperately to keep their home intact--an almost impossible task until Hari gets a chance to go to Bombay and returns with some positive plans for the future
Analysis Fiction in English Indian writers, 1947- - Texts
Subject Families -- India -- Fiction.
Families -- India -- Juvenile fiction.
Family life -- India -- Fiction.
SUBJECT India -- Social life and customs -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115432
India -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007592 -- Juvenile fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001687
India -- Social life and customs -- Fiction. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115432
Genre/Form Fiction.
LC no. 85119141
ISBN 0434934364