num_pages: 294
description: A poignant and brave exploration of childhood's less lovely spaces, First Darling is a sensitive, vividly-relived memoir that captures the innocence and confusion of a small Indian girl struggling against the paradoxes that rock her life. Told with startling honesty, the memoir paints an unforgettable picture of middle-class life in contemporary Bombay.
language: English
title: First Darling of the Morning: Selected Memories of an Indian Childhood
titlecomplete: First Darling of the Morning: Selected Memories of an Indian Childhood
genres: Autobiography, Cultural, Indian Literature, India, Asia, Biography Memoir, Biography, Literature, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1033
awards: awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Society of Midland Authors Award
category: Biography
publisher: HarperCollins