... novelists. When she finished the book, which took almost five years to write, she hoped to get it published by a small publisher in her native land of India. Fate thought differently. When she brought the manuscript to an Indian editor he immediately loved the book and saw a marketing ... the ability to actually dream each other's dreams and to share each other's happiness and pain." There aren't any lasting positive relationships in the book. Marriages end in divorce; loved ones move away; alcoholism and beatings seep into families; the twins are torn apart; early deaths abound. Does th...

• Word Count: 2800
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School