What The Body Remembers

Shauna Singh-Baldwin

From Shelf: The 2000 Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist

Set in the Punjab in 1937, "What the Body Remembers" reveals the mounting tension that preceded partition. This tension is reflected in the lives of a respected man whose wife is unable to bear children and his young second wife, a village girl.

Told through the stories of two Punjabi women, Shauna Singh Baldwin's award-winning novel is a rich and multi-layered portrait of India's bloody struggle into independence.

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