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008			141118s2009 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a2008032950
020			_a9780061472558
050	0	0	_aPS3621.M75 _bW45 2009
082	0	0	_aFIC UMR
100	1		_aUmrigar, Thrity N.
245	1	4	_aThe weight of heaven _b: a novel _c/ Thrity Umrigar.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Harper _c, c2009.
300			_a365 p. _c; 24 cm.
520			_aFrank and Ellie are two attractive people who have basically led charmed lives. Frank's absent father notwithstanding, they each grew up in fairly secure surroundings and attended college and professional school, meeting and marrying and living in bliss. Suddenly, the world spins out of control when their seven-year-old son dies from meningitis. Soon afterward, they have an opportunity to make a work-related move to a seaside town in India, providing the panacea that will help them heal from their loss. As educated, liberal, progressive Americans, they cannot anticipate how they will react as they become part of the class struggle within Indian society; nor can they know how attached they will become to the son of their servants. Although it may be risky to latch on to bright young Ramesh, they convince themselves that they are helping the boy by providing him with things that his parents could never afford. Self-deception runs rampant, and Frank is eventually overcome by emotional turmoil, which leads him to make a fatal error in judgment. Umrigar finely plumbs the depths of the human heart, from the heights of joy and passion to the very deepest despair.
650		0	_aMarried people _x--Fiction
650		0	_aBereavement _x--Fiction
650			_aAmericans _z-India _v--Fiction
650		0	_aAdoption _v--Fiction
650			_aMurder _v--Fiction
655		0	_aPsychological fiction.
942			_cMO
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