num_pages: 332
description: It is 1554 in the desert of Rajasthan and a new Mughal emperor is expanding his territory. On a rare night of rain a daughter Adhira is born to a family of Hindu temple dancers. Fearing a bleak future her fatheragainst his wife and sons protestsputs his faith in tradition and in his last child for each to save the other: he insists Adhira marry the temple deity and give herself to a wealthy patron. But after one terrible evening she makes a bold choice that carries her familys story and their dance to a startling new beginning. Told from the perspective of this exquisite dancer and filled with the sounds sights and flavors of the Indian desert Faint Promise of Rain is the story of a family and a girl caught between art duty and fear in a changing world.
language: English
title: Faint Promise of Rain
publisher: She Writes Press