Our Lady of Alice Bhatti.
New York. Knopf. 2012. Stock ID #174151 "From the author of the acclaimed "A Case of Exploding Mangoes" a subversively, often shockingly funny new novel set in steaming Karachi, about second chances, thwarted ambitions and love in the most unlikely places. The patients of the Sacred Heart Hospital for All Ailments need a miracle. Alice Bhatti may be just what they're looking for. She's the new junior nurse, but that's the only ordinary thing about her. She's just been released from the Borstal Jail for Women and Children. But more to the point, she's the daughter of a part-time healer in the French Colony, Karachi's infamous Christian slum, and it seems she has, unhappily, inherited his part-time gift..." From the publishers' description. When referring to this item please quote stockid 174151.
239pp, good hardback in dustjacket.
Price: $35.00 AU