Nectar in a Sieve

Based on the original edition, first publication was in the USA in 1954. In a small village in India, a simple peasant woman recalls her life as a child bride, a farmer's wife, and a devoted mother amidst fights to meet changing times, poverty, and disaster. This is the very moving story of a woman in India, whose whole life, was a gallant and persistent battle to care for those she loved.