Babyji by Abha Dawesar

Babyji

Stonewall Book Award Winner

Abha Dawesar

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · February 8, 2005

Sexy, surprising, and subversively wise, Babyji is the story of Anamika Sharma, a spirited student growing up in Delhi.

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Genres
Lesbian Fiction, Coming-of-Age, Lesbian Romance
Published
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, February 8, 2005

About this book

Sexy, surprising, and subversively wise, Babyji is the story of Anamika Sharma, a spirited student growing up in Delhi. At school she is an ace at quantum physics. At home she sneaks off to her parents’ scooter garage to read the Kamasutra. Before long she has seduced an elegant older divorcée and the family servant, and has caught the eye of a classmate coveted by all the boys.

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With the world of adulthood dancing before her, Anamika confronts questions that would test someone twice her age. Ebullient, unfettered, and introducing one of the most charming heroines in contemporary fiction, Babyji is irresistible.

Where it sits

Lesbian Fiction78%
Lesbian Romance61%
Coming-of-Age38%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Literary Fiction
  • Multicultural & Interracial Romance
  • Coming-of-Age
Authors
Abha Dawesar
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published
February 8, 2005
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Literary Fiction