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A Life Less Ordinary - by Baby Halder (Paperback)

A Life Less Ordinary - by  Baby Halder (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>When she was very young, Baby Halder was abandoned by her mother and left with a cruel, abusive father. She was married off at twelve to a man twice her age who beat her. At fourteen, she was a mother herself. Her early life was marked by overwhelming challenges and heartbreak until, exhausted and desperate, she fled with her three children to Delhi, to work as a maid in some of the city's wealthiest homes. Expected to serve her employers' every demand, she faced a staggering workload that often left her no time to care for her own children. But she never complained, for such is the lot of the poor in modern-day India.</p><p>Written without a trace of self-pity, <em>A Life Less Ordinary</em> is a shocking look deep inside a world of poverty and subjugation that few outsiders know about--and an inspiring true story of one remarkable woman's strength, courage, and determination to soar above her circumstances.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"An Indian Angela's Ashes . . . A moving depiction of life for millions of imporverished Indian women."--New York Times<br><br>"Both a societal and literary fence-breaker . . . Truly this is a story of courage under fire."--The Hindu, India<br>

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