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" A life less ordinary : "
Baby Halder ; translated by Urvashi Butalia.
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BL
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966171
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b720541
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| Uniform Title
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Ālo-ān̐dhāri.English
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| Main Entry
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Hāladāra, Bebī.
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| Title & Author
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A life less ordinary : : a memoir /\ Baby Halder ; translated by Urvashi Butalia.
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| Edition Statement
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1st Harper Perennial ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Harper Perennial,, 2008, ©2007.
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x, 175 pages ;; 21 cm
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| ISBN
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0061373982
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: 9780061373985
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Originally published: New York : HarperCollins, ©2007.
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| Abstract
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When she was very young, Baby Halder was abandoned by her mother and left with a cruel, abusive father. She was married off at twelve to a man twice her age who beat her. At fourteen, she was a mother herself. Her early life was marked by overwhelming challenges and heartbreak until, exhausted and desperate, she fled with her three children to Delhi, to work as a maid in some of the city's wealthiest homes. Expected to serve her employers' every demand, she faced a staggering workload that often left her no time to care for her own children. But she never complained, for such is the lot of the poor in modern-day India. Written without a trace of self-pity, A Life Less Ordinary is a shocking look deep inside a world of poverty and subjugation that few outsiders know about--and an inspiring true story of one remarkable woman's strength, courage, and determination to soar above her circumstances.
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Hāladāra, Bebī
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Hāladāra, Bebī.
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Household employees-- India-- West Bengal, Biography.
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Poor women-- India-- West Bengal, Biography.
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Household employees.
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Poor women.
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India, West Bengal.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.48/9624092B
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HV1448.W47H3513 2008
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Butalia, Urvashi.
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