12-year old Maya's dreams of an education seem shattered when she's informed of her impending arranged marriage. But her determination to follow her desires sees her defy her father and start a journey which takes her via a Catholic boarding school to the America of the 1960s.
Laxmi Parasuram draws on her own experiences to recreate the worlds of pre-Partition Kerala and radical 60s campus life.
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