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Laidlaw, S. J.

Fifteen Lanes

300 pp. | Tundra | April, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-1-101-91780-0 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-101-91782-4
(4) YA Inspired by the author's social welfare work in Mumbai's red-light district, this novel focuses on fourteen-year-old Noor, who excels academically but sees no alternative to following her mother into sex work. The novel offers a vivid, unsettling depiction of Mumbai's poverty and its sex trade. Alternating chapters about a privileged, wealthy teen can seem extraneous, but Noor's story is intense and thought-provoking.
Reviewer: Norah Piehl

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