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082	1		_aFIC MIS _2
100	1		_aMistry, Rohinton
245	1	0	_aFamily matters _c/ Rohinton Mistry
260			_aFlorida _b: Faber and Faber _c, c2002
300			_a500 p. _c; 20 cm
520			_aSet in Bombay in the mid-1990s,Family Matterstells a story of familial love and obligation, of personal and political corruption, of the demands of tradition and the possibilities for compassion. Nariman Vakeel, the patriarch of a small discordant family, is beset by Parkinson's and haunted by memories of his past. He lives with his two middle-aged stepchildren, Coomy, bitter and domineering, and her brother, Jal, mild-mannered and acquiescent. But the burden of the illness worsens the already strained family relationships. Soon, their sweet-tempered half-sister, Roxana, is forced to assume sole responsibility for her bedridden father. And Roxana's husband, besieged by financial worries, devises a scheme of deception involving his eccentric employer at a sporting goods store, setting in motion a series of events that leads to the narrative's moving outcome.
546			_aEnglish
650		4	_aParkinson's disease _x-Patients _z-Fiction
651		4	_aMumbai (India) _v-- Fiction
655			_aDomestic fiction
942			_cMO
999			_c240876 _d240876