num_pages: 186
description: Married as a child bride to a tenant farmer she never met, Rukmani works side by side in the field with her husband to wrest a living from a land ravaged by droughts, monsoons, and insects. With remarkable fortitude and courage, she meets changing times and fights poverty and disaster.This beautiful and eloquent story tells of a simple peasant woman in a primitive village in India whose whole life is a gallant and persistent battle to care for those she loves—an unforgettable novel that "will wring your heart out" (The Associated Press).Named Notable Book of 1955 by the American Library Association.
language: English
title: Nectar in a Sieve
titlecomplete: Nectar in a Sieve
genres: Classics, Historical, Indian Literature, India, Novels, Read For School, School, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 10079
places: India
publisher: Signet