01633cam a22002177a 4500003000900000003000900009005001700018008004100035020001500076020001800091040002200109100002600131245003400157246002500191264004700216300002400263520103400287650003601321650003001357655002801387PH-MaWHOPH-MaWHO20241108112738.0051213s2004    ii            000 1 eng    a000714346X  a9780007143467  aDLCcWPRO Library1 aNair, Preethi,d1971-10aOne hundred shades of white /  a100 shades of white.  aLondon :bHarperCollins Publishers,c2004.  a294 pages ;c21 cm.  aA magical mixture of East meets West, and mothers in conflict with daughters - for anyone who enjoyed 'Bend it like Beckham' but prefers food to football...There's East. There's West. And then there's Maya...Maya, her mother Nalini, and her brother Satchin have left a carefree life in India to come to England. But when Maya's father disappears, leaving only deceit and debt behind, they are left to fend for themselves in a strange, damp land. Maya, though, doesn't know of her father's betrayal. Nalini, determined to preserve her children's pride, tells them that their father died in an accident and, as their struggle to make a life begins, whole realities are built on this lie. While Nalini cooks exotic pickles which enchant all who eat them, Maya begins to adapt to her new home - the unfamiliar food, the language, the music - and then to explore and make bold plans, plans that her mother does not understand. But even a white lie cannot remain hidden forever - and when the truth resurfaces, it changes everything...  aMothers and daughtersvFiction.  aCooking, Indic.vFiction.  aDomestic fiction.2lcsh