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On Borrowed Wings : a Novel by Prasad, Chandra is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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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 sees the chance to change her life. Enrolling at Yale as Charles, Adele assumes his identity -- and gender -- as a way to leave behind her mother's expectations and the limitations of her provincial Connecticut town.To her own surprise, hair ch
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- Author
- Prasad, Chandra
- Publisher
- Atria; Simon & Schuster, Limited
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780743297820
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.5 / 5 (272 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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