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She operates pragmatically, considering that if she betroths herself to her father's apprentice she will at least get to work alongside him in their planned-for bookshop.
95, ages 10 and up) tells the story of a rural Indian girl, Koly, whose poor parents betroth her, sight unseen, into a family untroubled by her modest dowry.
Peddling wares enables the women to act as erotic agents, and, in the marketplace, they betroth themselves to men of their own choosing.
 
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