Varsha Bajaj
Autor(a) de How Many Kisses Do You Want Tonight?
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Obras por Varsha Bajaj
How Many Kisses Do You Want Tonight? 3 exemplares
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Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- India (birth)
- Local de nascimento
- Mumbai, India
- Locais de residência
- Houston, Texas, USA
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 11
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 908
- Popularidade
- #28,241
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Críticas
- 42
- ISBN
- 47
- Línguas
- 1
Minni takes on all of her mother's work: a job cleaning for a rich family, as well as doing all their own family's laundry, cooking, and of course, fetching and boiling the water from taps that sometimes gush but more often trickle. At the same time, she's studying for the exam to pass seventh grade and move up to eighth, and she wins a scholarship to a computer class that meets on weekends. Minni struggles to manage it all, but support from her community keeps her afloat, and in the end, she and Faiza (and community dog Moti) assist the police in catching some of the water thieves.
A short but immersive novel. An author's note gives some more information about access to clean water worldwide.
Quotes
Ma talks tough when she is angry and hopeless. (34)
Is this growing up? Learning how dangerous the whole world can be? Learning that not everyone follows the rules. That some people don't care if they hurt others. That they only care about themselves and making a profit. (42)
"Remember - trouble can take a minute to get into and a lifetime to get out of." (Sanjay to Minni, 63)
Money, not prayers, makes the water flow. (73)
Numbers, they say, don't lie.
But do they always add up? (132)
...the story reminds me that in an unequal battle, the less powerful person can use their wits to find a way. (141)
When a fear is too terrifying, I realize, we are scared to give it words, as if that will make it all too real. But the anxiety doesn't go away. It's like a weed that continues to grow, sprout, and choke the plant. (161)
"You know, you and me, we're both thirsty for more." (Sanjay to Minni, 170)… (mais)