In Hanuman's hands
Subtitle: a memoir of recovery and redemption
By: Cheeni Rao.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9780060736620
Subjects: Rao, Cheeni; East Indian Americans -- Biography; Hindus -- United States -- Biography; Young men -- United States -- Biography; Drug addicts -- United States -- Biography; Homeless persons -- United States -- Biography; Drug addicts -- Rehabilitation -- United States -- Case studies; Redemption -- Case studies; Hanumān (Hindu deity)
Genres: Biography.; Case studies.
Description: In Hanuman's Hands" is a gritty, hauntingly beautiful memoir. Bringing India whole-heartedly into America, Rao weaves his own story of Western culture clash with mythic tales of his Hindu ancestors who served in the ancestral temples of Kali. With Hanuman as his loyal companion, the author finds his way back to recovery at a halfway house in Chicago's Southside run by a mug named Tats and shared by an unforgettable gang of streetwise characters.