Videshi Kanya

FASCINATING AND INTIMATE , THE GIRL FROM FOREIGN IS ONE WOMAN`S SEARCH FOR ANCIENT FAMILY SECRETS THAT LEADS TO AN ADVENTURE IN FAR-OFF LANDS. SADIA SHEPARD, THE DAUGHTER OF A WHITE PROTESTANT FROM COLORADO AND A MUSLIM FROM PAKISTAN, WAS SHOCKED TO DISCOVER THAT HER GRANDMOTHER WAS A DESCENDANT OF THE BENE ISRAEL, A TINY JEWISH COMMUNITY SHIPWRECKED IN INDIA TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO. AFTER TRAVELING TO INDIA TO PUT THE PIECES OF HER FAMILY`S PAST TOGETHER, HER QUEST FOR IDENTITY UNLOCKS A MYRIAD OF PROFOUND RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL REVELATIONS THAT SHEPARD GRACEFULLY WEAVES INTO THIS TOUCHING, EYE-OPENING MEMOIR. , . . , . . ? () () () .