Handpicked
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On Sale:
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1/04/2009
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Formats:
Trade paperback
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What is it like to stake everything on a relationship based only on letters?
Laila is desperate to escape life in the longhouse in her Malaysian village. Desperate enough to travel alone to Australia to marry Jim, a fruit-picker living in Renmark, South Australia.
Jim hasn′t had much luck with women -- they′ve always given him a hard time. He pins his hopes on Laila changing all that. Marital bliss, a new life.
But when Laila and Jim finally meet, they each discover the reality of the other, and things don′t go as planned.
Handpicked is a subtle and sensitive exploration of the world of the mail-order bride. It is also a compelling and finely observed account of expectations and consequences, words and actions, truth and love.
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Handpicked
What is it like to stake everything on a relationship based only on letters? Laila is desperate to escape life in the longhouse in her Malaysian village. Desperate enough to travel alone to Australia to marry Jim, a fruit-picker living in Renmark, South Australia. Jim hasn′t had...
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