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The Space Between Us follows Bhima, a twenty‑year‑old domestic servant from the slums of Bombay, who works in the luxurious home of Sera Dubash, a Parsi housewife with her own hidden struggles. Through their shared daily routines—Bhima scrubbing floors and Sera worrying about her family—the novel explores how the lives of the rich and the poor intersect. As Bhima’s efforts to fund her granddaughter Maya’s university education intertwine with Sera’s desperate love for her daughter, the story examines the social and cultural divisions that shape Indian society today.
First publish date: 2006
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Thrity N. Umrigar
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