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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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"I Thought Your Forgot Me
It's hard to say what Rama was most excited about: arriving back in India, preparing to open her school for widows, or being reunited with her daughter. The nuns bring Mano to the Pune train station. Rama hasn't seen Mano since she put her on the ship to England three years before. Rama is suddenly filled with emotion. Her baby has become a child. And her child barely knows who she is. Rama sees a glimpse of Mano's pain. Will it make a difference in Rama's plans?
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Rama's Labyrinth: A Biographical Novel (Women of Determination and Courage)
The train lurched to a halt. Rama spied two nuns. They’re here! Rama reached outside, turned the door handle, and very nearly fell down the steps to the platform.
“Mano, Mano I’m here.” Rama trotted swiftly towards the nuns. A child turned around. “Mano, it’s me. Mama.” Tears streamed down Rama’s face. Rama reached her daughter, dropped to her knees, and hugged the child so tightly there was no separation between them.
“Mano, I’ve missed you so much! Let me kiss you all over.”
After about a dozen kisses, Mano giggled and pulled away.
“I thought you forgot me,” Mano said.
Rama drew back. Her baby wasn’t a baby anymore. She was wearing a smock with her hair tied in one long braid. She looks how I used to feel. Abandoned.
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