description: Spanning three generations, this story centres around a woman born at the turn of the 20th century into an austere Punjabi family. It tells of an illicit affair and its wider political and social implications - not least, the vexed issue, for Indian women, of marriage versus education.
language: English
title: Difficult Daughters
titlecomplete: Difficult Daughters
genres: Feminism, Historical Fiction, Relationships, Literary Fiction, India, Novels, Fiction, Literature, Indian Literature, Asia
ratings_count: 2399
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best First Book in South Asia and Europe
publisher: Faber & Faber