Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
By: Deepa Anappara
3.81
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Down market lanes crammed with too many people, dogs, and rickshaws, past stalls that smell of card…
Want to Read $ 4.99"I like to spy on other families that are sad like ours because I want to find out if they are doing anything different to stop ghosts from clutching their bones."-Deepa Anappara, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
"Just because you read books doesn't mean you know everything," Faiz tells her. "I work. Life's the best teacher. Everyone says so." "Only people who can't read say such things," Pari says."-Deepa Anappara, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
"Bahadur's ma stays close to my ma, but she tiptoes around her as if she's afraid she'll step on Ma's sadness, which must be the same size and shape as Bahadur's ma's sadness, only a lot fresher."-Deepa Anappara, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
"I can smell Runu-Didi on her clothes and her pillow that has acquired a dip in the middle from the weight of her head. If I stare at it long enough, the snatcher or the bad djinn who has caught Didi will let her go. I stare and stare. My eyes hurt, but I don't look away."-Deepa Anappara, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
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6. Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
By: Deepa Anappara
3.81
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Down market lanes crammed with too many people, dogs, and rickshaws, past stalls that smell of card… read more
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"I like to spy on other families that are sad like ours because I want to find out if they are doing anything different to stop ghosts from clutching their bones."-Deepa Anappara, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
"Just because you read books doesn't mean you know everything," Faiz tells her. "I work. Life's the best teacher. Everyone says so." "Only people who can't read say such things," Pari says."-Deepa Anappara, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
"Bahadur's ma stays close to my ma, but she tiptoes around her as if she's afraid she'll step on Ma's sadness, which must be the same size and shape as Bahadur's ma's sadness, only a lot fresher."-Deepa Anappara, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
"I can smell Runu-Didi on her clothes and her pillow that has acquired a dip in the middle from the weight of her head. If I stare at it long enough, the snatcher or the bad djinn who has caught Didi …"-Deepa Anappara, Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line
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