{"product_id":"midnight-s-daughter-by-sarita-sarvate","title":"Midnight’s Daughter by Sarita Sarvate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vineleavespress.myshopify.com\/products\/midnight-s-daughter-by-sarita-sarvate-ebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTO PURCHASE THE EBOOK CLICK HERE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe country was free. Its daughters were not.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cstrong\u003eA thoroughly satisfying account of one spirited woman\u003c\/strong\u003e.” Molly Giles, author of \u003cem\u003eLife Span\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn Republic Day, 1960, young Aruna stands before her middle school classmates delivering a speech in a newly independent India. At home awaits a family full of promise: a fiercely intelligent mother pursuing her BA, a playful younger brother, and a father who encourages his daughter to find her voice, echoing Jawaharlal Nehru’s words spoken at India’s independence: “At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut beneath the surface, the family is quietly unraveling.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Aruna is thirteen, her mother suffers a devastating nervous breakdown, forcing Aruna into the role of caretaker while she continues to excel academically. Pressured by societal expectations, she enters an arranged marriage that soon turns disastrous. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDetermined to reclaim her future, she escapes to graduate school in Berkeley, endures the stigma of divorce, and eventually falls in love with an Englishman living in Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrossing continents and cultures, Sarvate traces one woman’s search for identity, belonging, and freedom. Midnight’s Daughter is both an intimate personal story and a powerful meditation on racism, colonialism, motherhood, and the patriarchal forces surrounding women’s lives—including the hidden roots of her mother’s mental illness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNamed after a freedom fighter, Aruna must ultimately fight for her own liberation in this deeply moving memoir of resilience, love, and self-discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e_______________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub date: 22-Sep-2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePage count: 320\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 978-3-98832-283-8\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vine Leaves Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58170205307205,"sku":"9783988322838","price":17.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0810\/2366\/4453\/files\/MidnightsDaugher3D.png?v=1780559655","url":"https:\/\/vineleavespress.myshopify.com\/products\/midnight-s-daughter-by-sarita-sarvate","provider":"Vine Leaves Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}