Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel Type:Hardcover Mariam is only fifteen when

Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry the troubled and bitter Rasheed

But in a cruel turn of fate

A mother and a son

she was the latter before her wife died under suspicious circumstances

the streets of Kabul loud with the sound of gunfire and bombs

Goddess of the River by Vaishnavi Patel Type:Hardcover Mariam is only fifteen whenA powerful reimagining of the story of Ganga, goddess of the river, and her doomed mortal son, from Vaishnavi Patel, author of the instant New York Times bestseller Kaikeyi . A mother and a son. A goddess and a prince. A curse and an oath. A river whose course will change the fate of the world. Ganga, joyful goddess of the river, serves as caretaker to the mischievous godlings who roam her banks. But when their antics incur the wrath of a powerful