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Sto caricando le informazioni... Le vedove di Malabar Hill. Le inchieste di Perveen Mistrydi Sujata Massey
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 The Widows of Malabar Hill is wholly satisfying..Perveen, daughter of an established Zoroastrian family in Bombay, works alongside her father, Jamshedji Mistry, a progressive man whose lifelong dream has been to have his daughter work with him at the family law firm. Why he wants this for her is one of the most heartwarming aspects of the novel, and is slowly revealed along with many other details that make this family one I plan to follow through as many storylines as possible.... Her tale is one that is just as absorbing as the murder mystery and has a quiet power all its own. Each thread is carefully paced; Massey clearly knows just what she's doing, which is giving readers both a captivating whodunit and a lasting base for more books featuring this same cast of characters. Massey is also making a case for gender equality, religious tolerance and racial harmony and it's a lovely thing that she does so with such understated persistence..And, happily, although the denouement is wholly satisfying, there is much left unsaid, particularly about some of the supporting cast members Appartiene alle SeriePerveen Mistry (1) Premi e riconoscimentiMenzioniElenchi di rilievo
"Introducing an extraordinary female lawyer-sleuth in a new historical series set in 1920s Bombay. Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Armed with a law degree from Oxford, Perveen also has a tragic personal history that makes her especially devoted to championing and protecting women's legal rights. Mistry Law has been appointed to execute the will of Mr. Omar Farid, a wealthy Muslim mill owner who has left three widows behind. But as Perveen is going through the paperwork, she notices something strange: all three of the wives have signed over their full inheritance to a charity. What will they live on if they forfeit what their husband left them? Perveen is suspicious, especially since one of the widows has signed her form with an X--meaning she probably couldn't even read the document. The Farid widows live in full purdah--in strict seclusion, never leaving the women's quarters or speaking to any men. Are they being taken advantage of by an unscrupulous guardian? Perveen tries to investigate, and realizes her instincts about the will were correct when tensions escalate to murder. Now it is her responsibility to figure out what really happened on Malabar Hill, and to ensure that no innocent women or children are in further danger."-- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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 Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni...GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia: (3.78)
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Incaricata dal padre di eseguire il testamento di Mr Omar Farid, un ricco musulmano che ha lasciato tre vedove, Perveen si trova al cospetto di tre purdahnashin, donne che non parlano con gli uomini e vivono in isolamento, musulmane ricche e in clausura che potrebbero rappresentare un’eccellente opportunità da un punto di vista professionale.
Sfogliando, tuttavia, il carteggio relativo all’eredità, qualcosa di strano salta agli occhi dell’avvocatessa: in una lettera scritta in inglese, Faisal Mukri, amministratore dei beni della famiglia Farid, comunica che, su espressa richiesta delle tre donne, la rendita che, secondo le disposizioni patrimoniali, spetterebbe a ognuna di loro, va devoluta al wakf, un fondo di