Pashmina

Title
Pashmina

Personal Author EPSB
Nidhi Chanani

Summary
Priyanka Das has so many unanswered questions: Why did her mother abandon her home in India years ago? What was it like there? And most importantly, who is her father, and why did her mom leave him behind? But Pri's mom avoids these questions and the topic of India is permanently closed. For Pri, her mother's homeland can only exist in her imagination. That is, until she find a mysterious pashmina tucked away in a forgotten suitcase. When she wraps herself in it, she is transported to a place more vivid and colorful than any guidebook or Bollywood film.

Year Published
2017

Physical Description
161 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

Edition
First edition.

Note
Chiefly illustrations.

Awards
Texas Maverick Graphic Novels Reading List​ - 2018.

Subject
Mothers and daughters -- Comic books, strips, etc.
 
Teenage girls -- Comic books, strips, etc.
 
East Indian Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc.
 
Single-parent families -- Comic books, strips, etc.
 
Cashmere shawls -- Comic books, strips, etc.
 
Magic -- Comic books, strips, etc.
 
Self-realization -- Comic books, strips, etc.
 
Graphic novels.

Geographic Term
India -- Comic books, strips, etc.
 
California -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Summary
Priyanka Das has so many unanswered questions: Why did her mother abandon her home in India years ago? What was it like there? And most importantly, who is her father, and why did her mom leave him behind? But Pri's mom avoids these questions and the topic of India is permanently closed. For Pri, her mother's homeland can only exist in her imagination. That is, until she find a mysterious pashmina tucked away in a forgotten suitcase. When she wraps herself in it, she is transported to a place more vivid and colorful than any guidebook or Bollywood film.

ISBN
9781626720886
 
9781626720879

Publisher
New York : First Second, 2017.
 
©2017


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
KildareF CHABook30138000211708Graphic Novels