Praise for Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

"Divakaruni is gifted with dramatic inventiveness [and] lyrical, sensual language."
—Los Angeles Times Book Review


"Divakaruni is an incomparable storyteller.... Part of the beauty of her talent is her ability to capture the true complexity of the emotional landscape in her characters."
—Denver Post


"Divakaruni is a brilliant storyteller, illuminating the depths of need and the glitter of hope in the push-pull of growth and self-restraint.... Divakaruni is a transplanted cultural treasure."
—Seattle Times


"Among contemporary writers from India, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni fills a space all her own.... Her fiction draws a line straight to the heart."
—Atlanta Journal-Constitution


"Reading Divakaruni is a pleasure. She paints worlds of complex characters and cultures with an absorbing story line and beautiful language that reads like poetry."
—The Oregonian


"Divakaruni's stories are as irresistible as the impulse that leads her characters to surface into maturity, raising their heads above floods of silver ignorance."
—New York Times Book Review


"[Divakaruni] beautifully blends the chills of reality with the rich imaginings of a fairy tale."
—Wall Street Journal


Praise from Booksellers

"Beautifully written, a story for anyone who is trying to find their place in the world."
—Cynthia St. John; Kepler's Books, Menlo, CA


"Queen of Dreams weaves mysticism into reality and blends rich culture and secrets with the pain of losing a parent and gaining a perspective."
—Margie Scott-Tucker; Books Inc., San Francisco, CA


"I love the magical, mystical, metaphorical quality of this story. The dream journal entries themselves are classic Divakaruni, poetic, dream-like and full of metaphors. I can't wait to recommend it to booklovers and bookclubs."
—Linda Grana; Lafayette Book Store, Lafayette, CA


"I read Queen Of Dreams yesterday in one sitting! I was reminded of the spell Divakaruni wove with Sister Of My Heart, and also the blend of magic and lore and reality and history of Holthe's When The Elephants Dance. I love it!"
—Catherine Jordan; Orinda Books, Orinda, CA


"Chitra Divakaruni weaves a beautiful novel of a family torn between two worlds. In a book that combines magic realism with a clear contemporary story, Divakaruni's beautifully rendered description of life in California for this Indian family is completely absorbing. I loved the book!"
—Luisa Smith; Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA


"Queen of Dreams weaves mysticism into reality and blends rich culture and secrets with the pain of losing a parent and gaining a perspective."
—Rick Simonson; Elliott Bay Book Co., Seattle





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