CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI

1. THE FOREST OF ENCHANTMENTS

Based on the Ramayana, turns the Ramayana around by telling it in the

voice of sita this inversion is a gift.

2. BEFORE WE VISIT THE GODDESS

A story of mothers and daughters, misunderstanding and sacrifice, success

and independence.

3. THE PALACE OF ILLUSIONS

Takes us back to the time of the Indian Epic the Mahabharata—a time
that is half-history, half-myth.

4. OLEANDER GIRL

Enthralling new novel, Oleander Girl, tells a love story that is more than
just that.

5. QUEEN OF DREAMS

This story of an emotionally distant mother and a daughter trying to find

herself transcends cultural boundaries.

6. SISTER OF MY HEART

The tale of two women, best friends whose lives are transformed by
marriage, as one woman comes to California, and the other stays behind in
India.
7. VINE OF DESIRE

Vine of Desire continues the story of Anju and Sudha, the two young women
Far from Calcutta, the city of their childhood, and after years of living separate
lives,

8. ONE AMAZING THING

From their lives, which they have never told anyone before. And as their
surprising stories of romance, marriage, family, political upheaval, and
self-discovery.

9. THE UNKNOWN ERRORS OF OUR LIVES

A tale of a happily married Indian woman who must confront her past when
her long-estranged father begs to meet his only grandson, widow living in
her son’s Calfornia home discovers that her old world ways are an
embarrassment to her daughter-in-law.

10.ARRANGED MARRIAGE

From the story of a young bride whose fairy-tale vision of California is

shattered when her husband is murdered, forcing her to face the future on
her own, to a proud middle-aged divorcee determined to succeed in San
Francisco.
11. MISTRESS OF SPICES

A mysterious figure who runs a grocery store in inner-city Oakland and uses
her knowledge of spices to help her customers overcome difficulties. Tilo
provides magical spices not only for cooking but also for the challenges that
Indian immigrants in an alien land experience.

12. THE LIVES OF STRANGERS

If you are interested in reading about cultural differences and how to fit in
certain culture leaving behind memories and habits.
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FICTION

 Arranged Marriage: Stories (1995)

 The Unknown Errors of our Lives (2001)
 The Palace of Illusions: A Novel (2008)
 The Forest of Enchantments (2019)
 Before We Visit the Goddess
o Oleander Girl (2013)
o Queen of Dreams (2004)
 Sister of My Heart
 One Amazing Thing (2010)
 The Vine of Desire (2002)

 The Mistress of Spices (1997)

The Lives of Strangers (2007)
AWARDS

1995: The American Book Award for Arranged Marriage: Stories

1995: PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award for Arranged Marriage:

Stories

1995: Bay Area Book Reviewers Award for Fiction for Arranged Marriage:
Stories

1997: Mistress of Spices longlisted for The Orange Prize

1997: Los Angeles Times Best Books of 1997 for Mistress of Spices

1998: Seattle Times Best Paperbacks of 1998 for Mistress of Spices

2003: "The Lives of Strangers" included in O'Henry Prize Stories

2003: Pushcart Prize for "The Lives of Strangers"