On Borrowed Wings

Adele Pietra has heard her mother say that her destiny is carved in the same brilliantly hued granite her father and brother cleave from the Stony Creek mine: she is to marry a quarryman. But when Adele's brother, Charles, dies in a mining accident, Adele

Author: Chandra Prasad
Publisher: Washington Square
Published: 11/01/2008
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780743297837

About the Author
Prasad, Chandra: - Chandra Prasad is the originator and editor of -- and a contributor to -- W. W. Norton's Mixed: An Anthology of Short Fiction on the Multiracial Experience, which includes original pieces by Ruth Ozeki, Danzy Senna, and Rebecca Walker. Her other works include the novella Death of a Circus, which Tom Perrotta hails as narrated with Dickensian verve, a keen eye for historical detail, and lots of heart, and the careers guide Outwitting the Job Market. Prasad is also the author of numerous articles, which have been published by the Wall Street Journal and New York Times Magazine, among others. A graduate of Yale, she lives and works in Connecticut.