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Sandra Wagner-Wright
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Rama's Labyrinth: A Biographical Novel (Women of Determination and Courage)
Literature & Fiction
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Yet another loss
Each time Rama loses someone in her family, I feel a sense of sadness. Life in Rama's India is often inexplicably short. Disease strikes and kills without warning. Now death stalks Rama's brother, the last member of her family. Her devastation is complete. And on the heels of her greatest loss, Rama finds herself utterly alone. Who will she turn to for help?
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Rama's Labyrinth: A Biographical Novel (Women of Determination and Courage)
Rama watched the man take Srinivas’ pulse. He lifted her brother’s eyelid and looked in his eye. Rama knew he didn’t expect Srinivas to make it. He had to recover. Rama sat by the bed. I’ll tell him stories, remind him our destinies are joined.
“Do you remember,” Rama started, “our house by the sea at Dwarka?”
Rama talked all day. She held her brother’s head and wiped his face. She put liquid on a spoon and rubbed it over his lips. But it was no use. Rama watched the night deepen. The stars came out. Twinkled.
“Don’t take him,” she pleaded.
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