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“For all its tenderness and warmth, Motherland has
a gutsy air of daring about it.... It teems with sumptuous, living details
of everyday life.”
—The New York Times Book Review
May 2002 | Fiction
$12 Paperback
ISBN: 1-56947-283-1
North American rights: Soho Press
All other rights: Harold Ober Assoc.
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"Motherland is a rare
delight, a fresh coming-of-age story. I love Vijayaaraghavan's cool intelligence
and elegant lyricism, and I appreciated her sensitive illumination of
the Indian family culture. At its heart, Motherland is universal: a wise
elder helps a girl heal old hurts and learn who she really is."
—Sandra Scofield, A Chance to See Egypt |
"Motherland is a warm,
supple novel about coming home to the past and finding there a path into
the future. It portrays with clarity and felling the braiding together
of generations and cultures, of America and India, youth and age."
—Verlyn Klinkenborg, Timothy; or, Notes of
an Abject Reptile |
"[S]hines with its own evocations
of the simple realities of South Indian life."
—Washington Post Book World |
"Motherland positively sparkles with
grace and tenderness. Vineeta Vijayaraghavan's is a powerful new voice
in American fiction."
—Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Colored People |
"A tour de force, taking the reader
into those rituals of grief and rlease wher one marvels at the particular
and recognizes the universal."
—Boston Herald |
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Fifteen-year-old Maya is disgruntled when her mother impels her to visit India
for the summer to reacquaint herself with her extended Indian family. Over
the course of the three months, Maya learns why a rift has always existed between
her mother and herself, an understanding that allows her to bridge that gap.
Maya also comes to realize that her home — her motherland — can
be anywhere.
VINEETA VIJAYARAGHAVAN was born in India and raised in the United
States. This is her first novel.
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