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020			_a9780143103769
082			_a894.81437 _bMUR
100			_aMurty, Sudha
245			_aDollar bahu
260			_bPenguin Books India, _c2007 _aGurugram :
300			_a142 p. ; _c20 cm
365			_b250.00 _cINR _d01
504			_aTranslated from Kannada.
520			_aA story of how money corrupts the way people look at one another and how it can almost tear a family apart Vinuta marries Girish, a bank clerk, and starts living with his family in Bangalore. She adjusts to her new family well, looking after her husband, father-in-law and mother-in-law Gouramma, not taking to heart her mother-in-law's constant picking. But when Girish's elder brother Chandru, who is in the US, decides to get married, Vinuta has to listen to the constant comparisons made between her and Chandru's wife, the 'Dollar Bahu', whose husband earns the valuable dollars that has brought the family its recent affluence. Vinuta slowly loses her peace of mind and health. Then Gouramma decides to visit her US-based son and daughter-in-law. Once there, she sees how liberating life can be, away from the strict norms that govern Indian middle-class life. But she also begins to understand that mere dollars cannot buy the love and respect that she gets as her due back in India. Does Gouramma forge a new relationship with Vinuta and can Vinuta forgive and forget the past?
650			_aDomestic fiction
650			_aImmigrants
650			_aIndian middle class
650			_aMental wealth
650			_aFamily values
650			_a Non-resident Indians
942			_2ddc _cBK