num_pages: 336
description: "The most stimulating and thought-provoking book on India in a long time..Bumiller has made India new and immediate again."THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLDIn a chronicle rich in diversity, detail, and empathy, Elisabeth Bumiller illuminates the many women's lives she shared--from wealthy sophisticates in New Delhi, to villagers in the dusty northern plains, to movie stars in Bombay, intellectuals in Calcutta, and health workers in the south--and the contradictions she encountered, during her three and a half years in India as a reporter for THE WASHINGTON POST. In their fascinating, and often tragic stories, Bumiller found a strength even in powerlessness, and a universality that raises questions for women around the world.
language: English
title: May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons: A Journey Among the Women of India
titlecomplete: May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons: A Journey Among the Women of India
genres: Sociology, History, Feminism, Womens, India, Asia, Indian Literature, Travel, Cultural, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1109
publisher: Ballantine