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Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. "For Matrimonial Purposes" is a Novel by Kavita Daswani, Indian Author. 2003 First Hardcover Edition, Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons. It is her debut novel. From the dust-jacket blurb : "In this wonderfully warm and funny novel, an unforgettable heroine defies tradition by making a marriage between the strict customs of India and the wild freedoms of America. Anju has grown up in the upper-middle class Bombay, where even in the twenty-first century, arranged marriage is the norm. Her parents have been trying to find a suitable man for her since her late teens, but they keep turning up types who - shudder - wear shiny disco-era shirts, or want to carry her off to their family compound in Ghana, or are otherwise equally hopeless. The ones she likes , well, they just don't seem to fall for her. "In her mid-twenties, Anju is quickly becoming a spinster by the standards of her culture. Her parents, ever more anxious, bring in the big guns : an army of fortune tellers, matchmakers, holy men, and a vast extended family eager to help. Yet despite their best efforts, Anju remains single. Only then is she able to persuade her parents to let her move to New York, where, she hopes, she will not be viewed as a failure. Making a new life, alone, in the dangerous 'Umerica' is a great risk, but Anju also longs for independence and a career. And ? if the stars align ? she might even find love ? on her own terms ?" Already internationally acclaimed as a journalist and in the fashion world, this is Kavita Daswani's debut novel. TITLE : For Matrimonial Purposes AUTHOR : Kavita Daswani (Her debut novel) IMPRINT : G. P. Putnam's Sons PLACE : New York DATE : (2003) EDITION : First Edition ( with number line to that effect) DETAILS : Trade Hardcover; 277 pages; approx. 5 1/28" x 8 1/8" ; quarter-bound yellow on yellow paper-covered boards; pink-gilt lettering on spine and pink-gilt decorative embellishment on front cover; pictorial dust-jacket; photograph of author on rear flap. CONDITION -- NEAR FINE -- This is a previously owned book that is clean, bright, and attractive with near negligible signs of handling ; binding is tight. No marking to interior. Hardly seems to have been read.

Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. A NICE CLEAN AND TIGHT FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINT UK UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY OF WHAT WILL SURVIVE BY MARK GARTSIDE. ALL BOOKS DESPATCHED WRAPPED IN BUBBLE WRAP AND A STRONG CARDBOARD BOX.