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02338aam a2200349Ii 4500 001 AA1F73A058BD11ECB35DEC655BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20211209010009 008 191128t20202020onc 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1443460737 020 $a 9781443460736 020 $a 9781443456333 020 $a 1443456330 035 $a (OCoLC)1128888269 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d TOH $d OCLCO $d UAB $d OCLCF $d LTSCA $d CNCAR $d NYP $d SINLB $d NLC $d JIU $d SILO 100 1 $a Kushwaha, Anita, $d 1980- 245 10 $a Secret lives of mothers & daughters / $c Anita Kushwaha. 246 3 $a Secret lives of mothers and daughters 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Toronto, Ontario, Canada : $b Harper Avenue, $c [2020] 300 $a 368 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 $a Veena, Mala and Nandini are three very different women with something in common. Out of love, each bears a secret that will haunt her life--and that of her daughter--because the risk of telling the truth is too great. But secrets have consequences. Particularly for Asha, a young woman on the cusp of adulthood, who links them together. After her eighteenth birthday, Asha is devastated to learn that she was adopted as a baby. What's more, her birth mother died of a mysterious illness, leaving Asha with only a letter. Nandini, Asha's adoptive mother, has always feared the truth would come between them. Veena, a recent widow, worries about her daughter Mala's future. The shock of her husband's sudden death leaves her shaken and convinces her that the only way to keep her daughter safe is to secure her future. Mala struggles to balance her dreams and ambition with her mother's expectations. She must bear a secret, the burden of which threatens her very life. Three mothers--each bound by love, deceit and a young woman who connects them all. Secret Lives of Mothers & Daughters is an intergenerational novel about family, duty and the choices we make in the name of love. 650 0 $a Mothers and daughters $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Secrecy $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Families $v Fiction. 655 0 $a Canadian fiction. 655 7 $a Domestic fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117021840.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20211209010442.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AA1F73A058BD11ECB35DEC655BECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search