TY - BOOK ID - 145744504 TI - The crow eaters PY - 2006 SN - 1571310509 PB - Minneapolis : Milkweed, DB - UniCat UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145744504 AB - Loading his pregnant wife, infant daughter, and widowed mother-in-law into a bullock cart, Faredoon Junglewalla—Freddy for short—leaves his ancestral village in the forests of central India, bound for the bustling city of Lahore. Despite the nagging of his unbearable mother-in-law, Freddy’s business and family flourish, and he soon becomes a patriarchal figure in the thriving Parsee community. This endearing family saga provides a vibrant window onto life in India under British colonial rule, and a nation on the threshold of historic transformation. ER -