
Babyji
Stonewall Book Award Winner
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
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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 Fiction | 78% |
|---|---|
| Lesbian Romance | 61% |
| Coming-of-Age | 38% |
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