MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 03151cam a2200457 i 4500
001 2013041951
003 DLC
005 20150128081009.0
008 131129s2014 nyu b 001 0aeng
010 $a 2013041951
020 $a9781620406229 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---$aa-bg---$an-us-nj
050 00 $aE184.B13$bC47 2014
082 00 $a305.8914/126073092$aB$223
084 $aBIO002000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aChaudhuri, Maria.
245 10 $aBeloved strangers :$ba memoir /$cMaria Chaudhuri.
250 $aFirst U.S. edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bBloomsbury USA,$c2014.
300 $a199 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $a"First published in Great Britain in 2014"--Title page verso.
520 2 $a"One of Maria Chaudhuri's early memories growing up in Dhaka was planning to run away with her friend Nadia. Home was not an especially unhappy place, but in Maria's family, joy was ephemeral. With a mother who yearned for the mountains and the solitariness and freedom to pursue her own dreams and career, and a charismatic but distant father who found it difficult to express emotion, they were never able to hold on to happiness for very long. Maria studied the Holy Book and said her daily prayers, yet struggled to reconcile her inner self with her faith and her family. She dreamed, like her mother, of unstitching the seam of her life. Her neighbor, Bablu, both excited and repulsed Maria by showing her a yellowing pornographic magazine, but Mala, a girl her own age who came to work in their house, with her wise eyes and wicked smile, made Maria dizzy with longing. When she moved to New England to attend college at eighteen Maria faced new opportunities and challenges, including meeting Yameen, a man who lived in Jersey City and wooed her, but was not what he seemed... From Dhaka to Jersey City, Beloved Strangers is a candid and moving account of growing up and a meditation on why people leave their homes and why they sometimes find it difficult to return. This unforgettable memoir will resonate with anyone carving out a place for herself in the world, straddling two cultures while trying to find a place to belong"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPrologue -- Saving Grace -- Fallen -- Beloved Strangers -- Deep End -- Sweet, Sour and Bitter -- Epilogue.
600 10 $aChaudhuri, Maria.
650 0 $aBangladeshi Americans$vBiography.
650 0 $aImmigrants$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aMuslims$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aYoung women$vBiography.
651 0 $aDhaka (Bangladesh)$vBiography.
651 0 $aJersey City (N.J.)$vBiography.
650 0 $aComing of age.
650 0 $aBelonging (Social psychology)
650 0 $aTransnationalism$xPsychological aspects.
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/229/9781620406229/image/lgcover.9781620406229.jpg