Dawning of a New Garden
- Publisher
- Inanna Publications
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2016
- Subjects
- Family Life, Contemporary Women, Literary
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This publication meets the EPUB Accessibility requirements and it also meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-AA). It is screen-reader friendly and is accessible to persons with disabilities. A Simple book with few images, which is defined with accessible structural markup. This book contains various accessibility features such as alternative text for images, table of contents, page-list, landmark, reading order and semantic structure.
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781771333184
- Publish Date
- Sep 2016
- List Price
- $11.99
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Description
Confronted with the task of re-inventing her life, young widow Priya grieves by researching spiritualism for a new age magazine and spending time in the garden her late husband, Gabe, had tended. Human contact is limited to an elderly nursing home resident, Jeevan, who is from her father’s native land of Sri Lanka. Soon Priya is drawn further into Jeevan’s world, which includes a mysterious nephew, Suresh. Despite rigid religious views, Suresh takes advantage of Priya’s vulnerability. Soon an isolated Priya finds herself facing the prospect of either single motherhood or a loveless marriage. While her Canadian and Sri Lankan friends Meg and Shobi conduct a tug of war over Priya’s destiny, Suresh’s jealous and coercive tactics prevent her from exploring a third possibility, her kindly neighbour Ryan, the only person whose presence gives Priya a genuine sense of solace. In this sequel to the author’s earlier novel, Priya’s World, Priya life is mired in uncertainty, but as spring begins to stir, the garden Gabe planted begins to speak to her of new life and fresh possibilities.
About the author
Tara Nanayakkara was born in Sri Lanka and immigrated to Canada with her family when she was three. She is the author of two novels, To Wish Upon A Rainbow (Creative, St. John's NL 1989) and Picture Perfect (Vijitha Yapa Colombo, Sri Lanka 2007). A professional writer for the past 30 years, her writing has appeared in the Toronto Star, The Telegram and Canadian Living magazine, among others. She was also commissioned by the Multicultural Women's Organization of Newfoundland and Labrador to write a fictionalized account of one woman's flight from an abusive marriage, The Purple House (1995). A mother of two, she divides her time between Toronto and St. John's, Newfoundland.