Pashmina /

By: Chanani, NidhiMaterial type: TextTextCopyright date: ©2017Edition: First editionDescription: 161 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781626720879 (pbk.); 1626720878 (pbk.); 9781626720886 ; 1626720886Subject(s): Teenage girls -- Comic books, strips, etc | East Indian Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc | Single-parent families -- Comic books, strips, etc | Mothers and daughters -- Comoc books, strips, etc | Cashmere shawls -- Comic books, strips, etc | Magic -- Comic books, strips, etc | Self-realization -- Comic books strips, etc | Comic books, strips, etcGenre/Form: Graphic novels. DDC classification: C Summary: Indian-American teen Priyanka "Pri" Das attempts to reconnect with her mother's homeland through a magical pashmina shawl. Priyanka Das has so many unanswered questions: Why did her mother abandon her home in India years ago? What was it like there? And most importantly, who is her father, and why did her mom leave him behind? But Pri's mom avoids these questions and the topic of India is permanently closed. For Pri, her mother's homeland can only exist in her imagination. That is, until she find a mysterious pashmina tucked away in a forgotten suitcase. When she wraps herself in it, she is transported to a place more vivid and colorful than any guidebook or Bollywood film.
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Indian-American teen Priyanka "Pri" Das attempts to reconnect with her mother's homeland through a magical pashmina shawl. Priyanka Das has so many unanswered questions: Why did her mother abandon her home in India years ago? What was it like there? And most importantly, who is her father, and why did her mom leave him behind? But Pri's mom avoids these questions and the topic of India is permanently closed. For Pri, her mother's homeland can only exist in her imagination. That is, until she find a mysterious pashmina tucked away in a forgotten suitcase. When she wraps herself in it, she is transported to a place more vivid and colorful than any guidebook or Bollywood film.