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02151aam a22004338i 4500 001 1242C4B2E99111E9BEAFC83F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20191008010110 008 190410s2019 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2019016969 020 $a 1982130032 020 $a 9781982130039 035 $a (OCoLC)1085202732 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d XYZ $d ILC $d IK2 $d IOU $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h fre 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PQ2703.O4447 $b T7413 2019 082 00 $a 843/.92 $2 23 084 $a FIC045000 $a FIC045000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Colombani, Laetitia, $d 1976- $e author. 240 10 $a Tresse. $l English 245 14 $a The braid : $b a novel / $c Laetitia Colombani. 250 $a First Atria Paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Atria Paperback, $c 2019. 300 $a 199 pages ; $c 21 cm 500 $a English translation of a French novel. 520 $a In India, Smita is an untouchable. Desperate to give her daughter an education, she and the child flee to a temple where she will experience a rebirth. In Sicily, Giulia works in her father's wig workshop, washing bleaching and dying the hair provided by the city's hairdressers. When her father is the victim of a serious accident, she must find a way to save her family's livelihood. In Canada, Sarah is a successful lawyer, a twice-divorced mother of three children; her identity is wrapped up in her work. Her life is shattered when she's diagnosed with cancer. These women find their lives intertwined by a single object and become connected across cultures, across backgrounds, and across borders. -- adapted from back cover 650 0 $a Dalits $z India $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Wigmakers $z Sicily $z Sicily $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women lawyers $z Canada $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Cancer $x Patients $v Fiction. 700 1 $a Lalaurie, Louise Rogers, $e translator. 941 $a 4 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317014923.0 952 $l YWPD162 $d 20200114015814.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20191107011751.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20191008011528.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1242C4B2E99111E9BEAFC83F97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search