Title: Flame tree road /
Authors: Patel, Shona, 1959-
Year: 2015
Subjects: Caste India Fiction.; Widows Fiction; Mothers and sons Fiction; Man-woman relationships Fiction; Caste; Man-woman relationships; Manners and customs; Mothers and sons; Widows; Lawyers India Fiction.; Caste India Fiction.; India Social life and customs Fiction.; India; India History Fiction.
Abstract: 1870s India. In a tiny village where society is ruled by a caste system and women are defined solely by marriage, young Biren Roy dreams of forging a new destiny. When his mother suffers the fate of widowhood--shunned by her loved ones and forced to live in solitary penance--Biren devotes his life to effecting change. Just when his vision for the future begins to look hopeless, he meets Maya, the independent-minded daughter of a local educator, and his soul is reignited.