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Best Book of the Year: The Washington Post, NPR, Shelf Awareness, Paste, LitHub, Real Simple
2018 Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist: Best Fiction
Longlisted for the 2018 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize

Incandescent...A searing portrait of what feminism looks like in much of the world. Vogue

A treat for Ferrante fans, exploring the bonds of friendship and how female ambition beats against the strictures of poverty and patriarchal societies. The Huffington Post

An electrifying debut novel about the extraordinary bond between two girls driven apart by circumstance but relentless in their search for one another.

Poornima and Savitha have three strikes against them: they are poor, they are ambitious, and they are girls. After her mother's death, Poornima has very little kindness in her life. She is left to care for her siblings until her father can find her a suitable match. So when Savitha ente

Girls Burn Brighter

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    A Paperback / softback by Shobha Rao

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      Publisher Flatiron Books
      Published 5 March 2019
      ISBN-13 9781250309501
      978-1250309501
      ISBN-10 1250309506

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Best Book of the Year: The Washington Post, NPR, Shelf Awareness, Paste, LitHub, Real Simple
      2018 Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist: Best Fiction
      Longlisted for the 2018 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize

      Incandescent...A searing portrait of what feminism looks like in much of the world. Vogue

      A treat for Ferrante fans, exploring the bonds of friendship and how female ambition beats against the strictures of poverty and patriarchal societies. The Huffington Post

      An electrifying debut novel about the extraordinary bond between two girls driven apart by circumstance but relentless in their search for one another.

      Poornima and Savitha have three strikes against them: they are poor, they are ambitious, and they are girls. After her mother's death, Poornima has very little kindness in her life. She is left to care for her siblings until her father can find her a suitable match. So when Savitha ente

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