A distant heart
Dev, Sonali
A distant heart / Sonali Dev - New York : Kensington Books , c2018 - 302 p. ; 21 cm.
Her name means "miracle" in Sanskrit: Kimaya was the first baby to survive after several miscarriages, and grew up in a mansion at the top of Mumbai's Pali Hill, surrounded by love and privilege. But at eleven years old, she develops a rare illness that requires her to be confined to a germ-free ivory tower in her home. Rahul Savant shows up to wash Kimi's windows, and as years pass he becomes her eyes to the outside world, and she becomes his inspiration to better himself. When a life-saving heart transplant offers the chance of a real future, Kimi anticipates a new life, and Rahul investigates a black market organ ring that cuts too close to home.-- Adapted from back cover.
English
9781496705761
Black market----Fiction
Social classes---Fiction
Heart transplantation---Fiction
Sale of organs, tissues, etc. ----Fiction.
Mumbai (India)---- Fiction
Romance fiction
Love stories
PQ9929.A39 / V4613 2008
FIC DEV
A distant heart / Sonali Dev - New York : Kensington Books , c2018 - 302 p. ; 21 cm.
Her name means "miracle" in Sanskrit: Kimaya was the first baby to survive after several miscarriages, and grew up in a mansion at the top of Mumbai's Pali Hill, surrounded by love and privilege. But at eleven years old, she develops a rare illness that requires her to be confined to a germ-free ivory tower in her home. Rahul Savant shows up to wash Kimi's windows, and as years pass he becomes her eyes to the outside world, and she becomes his inspiration to better himself. When a life-saving heart transplant offers the chance of a real future, Kimi anticipates a new life, and Rahul investigates a black market organ ring that cuts too close to home.-- Adapted from back cover.
English
9781496705761
Black market----Fiction
Social classes---Fiction
Heart transplantation---Fiction
Sale of organs, tissues, etc. ----Fiction.
Mumbai (India)---- Fiction
Romance fiction
Love stories
PQ9929.A39 / V4613 2008
FIC DEV
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