01797cam a2200397 i 4500 1023631502 TxAuBib 20231027120000.0 060906s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780802142818 $14.00 0802142818 $14.00 9780802142818 (OCoLC)71259148 TxAuBib rda Desai, Kiran, 1971- The inheritance of loss [Book]. New York, NY : Grove Press, 2006. ©2006. 357 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier At the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas, lives an embittered old judge who wants nothing more than to retire in peace. But with the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, and his cook's son trying to stay a step ahead of US immigration services, this is far from easy. When a Nepalese insurgency threatens Sai's blossoming romance with her handsome tutor they are forced to consider their colliding interests. The judge must revisit his past, his own journey and his role in this grasping world of conflicting desires every moment holding out the possibility for hope or betrayal. 20231027. Grandparent and child Fiction. Judges Retirement Fiction. Tutors and tutoring Fiction. Ethnic relations Fiction. Teenage girls Fiction. Grandfathers Fiction. Older men Fiction. Orphans Fiction. Kānchenjunga (Nepal and India) Fiction. Psychological fiction. Domestic fiction.