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From the bestselling author of <b>Sister of My Heart </b>comes a spellbinding tale of mothers and daughters, love and cultural identity. Rakhi, a young painter and single mother, is struggling to come to terms with her relationship with ex-husband Sonny, a hip Bay Area DJ, and with her dream-teller mother, who has rarely spoken about her past or her native India. Rakhi has her hands full, juggling a creative dry spell, raising her daughter, and trying to save the Berkeley teahouse she and her best friend Belle own. But greater challenges are to come. When a national tragedy turns her world upside down and Rakhi needs her mother’s strength and wisdom more than ever, she loses her in a freak car accident. But uncovering her mother’s dream journals allows Rakhi to discover her mother’s long-kept secrets and sacrifices–and ultimately to confront her fears, forge a new relationship with her father, and revisit Sonny’s place in her heart.
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Reading the early pages of Queen of Dreams, led me to the nuance of the dim early morning light in Harafish, and the intangible mysery that filled the air ...more...]]>
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Rakhi is the central character here along with her mother. To b...more...]]>
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The word magical gets thrown around a little too casually in review circles, but when it comes to Divakaruni's new novel, the description seems apt. More cynical reviewers feel the plot is contrived and the characters hollow. The book's boosters praise Divakaruni's descriptive skills, shifting point...more...]]>
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Initially I was disappointed in this book and was not too fond of the main character. However about half way through the book, the different areas of her life start coming together and suddenly it becomes clear. This is a great book that asks a great deal about the role of family, destiny and ...more...]]>
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(p. 275) "We would lie down on the soft floor of her cave and close our eyes, and the dream would appear to each of us, though each saw it differently, based on the level of her understanding, and colored by her desires and fears."]]>
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1/31/2008: Horrible, horrible book! I was so disappointed. Divakaruni makes that fatal...more...]]>
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The Mistress of Spices in my estimation, with a healthy serving of magical realism thanks to the presence of the dream-teller character. The characters are real (and flawed), the plot a little formulaic, but it didn't matter so much because the "action" was seco...more...]]>
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