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LADIES' TAILOR
LADIES' TAILOR
LADIES' TAILOR
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This is a story of Gurdev and his cohort, a group of refugees who travel east from Pakistan after Partition. It is a tale of falling apart and coming together as the world burns around them.

Will Gurdev be successful in his new business of making garments for women? Will he find love after his wife and children leave his side? There may be uncertainty here, but there is also relentless hope.

Journey back in time and experience the refugee spirit as Ladies' Tailor captures you with all its romance, adventure and one man's iron will to not just survive, but to thrive with new beginnings.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateJun 17, 2022
ISBN9789356290587
LADIES' TAILOR
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Priya Hajela

 Priya Hajela is a fiction writer who lives in Pune with her husband and two dogs. Writing is a second career for her. She graduated with an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College in Vermont in 2017. Prior to taking to writing, Priya got an MBA from Vanderbilt University in 1992 and worked in a variety of telecom and IT organizations in senior marketing and business development roles for twenty-two years. One of Priya's short stories, ‘An Affair', was published in Indian Ruminations. A second short story, ‘The Tattoo Artist' was published in Live Encounters. A third short story, ‘Daughters' Revenge' recently appeared in Kitaab.

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