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Em and the big Hoom
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TextPublication details: New Delhi Aleph Book Company 2013 Description: 235 pISBN: 9789382277316Subject(s): Manic-depressive illness | Women | India--Mumbai | Women with mental disabilitiesDDC classification: 823.92 Summary: Set in Bombay during the last decades of the twentieth century, Em and The Big Hoom tells the compelling story of the Mendeses mother, father, daughter and son. Between Em, the beedi smoking, hyperactive mother, driven frequently to hospital by her mania and failed suicide attempts and the Big Hoom, the rock solid, dependable father, trying to hold things together as best he can, they are an extraordinary family. Winner of 'The Hindu' Literary Prize 2012
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Indian Institute of Management LRC General Stacks | Fiction | 823.92 PIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 003303 |
Set in Bombay during the last decades of the twentieth century, Em and The Big Hoom tells the compelling story of the Mendeses mother, father, daughter and son. Between Em, the beedi smoking, hyperactive mother, driven frequently to hospital by her mania and failed suicide attempts and the Big Hoom, the rock solid, dependable father, trying to hold things together as best he can, they are an extraordinary family. Winner of 'The Hindu' Literary Prize 2012
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