"In this unforgettable international bestseller, three women from very different circumstances around the world find their lives intertwined by a single object and discover what connects us--across cultures, across backgrounds, and across borders. In India, Smita is an untouchable. Desperate to give her daughter an education, she takes her child and flees her small village with nothing but resourcefulness, eventually heading to a temple where she...

"Norm is normal. Precisely normal. Every day, he measures himself and the things around him to make sure everything is the same. Then Norm makes a friend who shows him a world that is completely unruly"-- back cover.