The inheritance of loss
Kiran Desai
- USA : Penguin Books, 2006.
- 324 pages : 23 cm.
An embittered judge who wants only to retire in peace lives in a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas, when his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, arrives on his doorstep. The judge's cook watches over Sai distractedly, for his thoughts are often on his son, Biju, who is hopscotching from one gritty New York restaurant job to another.
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Grandparent and child Tutors and tutoring Orphans Teenage girls Ethnic relations Judges--Retirement English - Fiction