02558cam a2200421 i 4500 616151031 TxAuBib 20230117120000.0 220502s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022004241 9780593498958 acid-free paper 059349895X acid-free paper (OCoLC)1313668420 TxAuBib rda Shroff, Parini,. The bandit queens : a novel / Parini Shroff. First edition. New York : Ballantine Books, [2023] 342 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A young Indian woman falsely rumored to have killed her husband finds a way to make her unfortunate reputation surprisingly useful--but complications arise when other village women seek her help offing their husbands--in this provocative, razor-sharp debut ... In the five years since her husband's disappearance, Geeta has become accustomed to a solitary life; you'd be surprised how difficult it is to make friends when your entire village believes you're a witch who murdered your husband. And since she can't convince anyone that she didn't murder him, she figures she might as well use her fearsome reputation to protect herself as a woman on her own. But when other women in the village decide that they, too, want to be 'self-made' widows and rid themselves of their abusive husbands, Geeta's reputation becomes a double-edged sword--the very thing that's meant to keep her safe is now threatening everything she's built as she unwittingly becomes the go-to consultant for village husband-disposal. Unfortunately, Geeta finds that even the best-laid plans of would-be widows tend to go awry, and the women find themselves caught in a web of their own making--and long-estranged friendships will have to be re-formed if they hope to make it out of their mess alive"-- Provided by publisher. 20230117. Women, East Indian Fiction. Female friendship Fiction. Rumor Fiction. Truthfulness and falsehood Fiction. Villages India Fiction. Missing persons Fiction. Women Fiction. India Fiction. Domestic fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Novels. Fiction. Shroff, Parini., First edition.