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Before We Visit the Goddess : a Novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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A beautiful, "deeply affecting" ( Kirkus Reviews ) novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of Sister of My Heart and The Mistress of Spices about three generations of mothers and daughters who must discover their greatest source of strength in one another. Sweeping across the twentieth century, from the countryside of Bengal, India, to the streets of Houston, Texas, Before We Visit the Goddess takes readers on an extraordinary journey through the lives of three unforgettable women: Sabitri, Bela, and Tara. As the young daughter of a poor rural baker, Sabitri yearns to get an education, but schooling is impossible on the meager profits from her mother's sweetshop. When a powerful local woman takes Sabitri under her wing, her generous offer soon proves dangerous after Sabitri makes a single, unforgiveable misstep. Years later, Sabitri's own daughter, Bela, haunted by her mother's choices, flees to America with her political refugee lover—but the world she finds is vastly different from her dreams. As the marriage crumbles and Bela decides to forge her own path, she unwittingly teaches her little girl, Tara, indelible lessons about freedom and loyalty that will take a l

Who reads Before We Visit the Goddess : a Novel?

Author

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Publisher

Simon & Schuster, Limited

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781476792002

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Rating

3.75 / 5 (2,801 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14