Book Review: "Girls Burn Brighter"

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Mon, 05/14/2018 - 9:00am to 10:00am
LARRY BOWLDEN REVIEWS DEBUT NOVEL BY SHOBHA RAO

Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews Shobha Rao’s novel Girls Burn Brighter. Shobha Rao came to the U.S. from India when she was just seven years old. She is already a well known author from her book of short stories and extensive periodical publications. Girls Burn Brighter is her debut  novel about two poor Indian girls  whose intense friendship is cut short when they are sent off to arranged marriages or life on the streets. They spend their adult lives searching for one another across the globe. And do they finally find one another? Read the novel and find out.

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