Padma Venkatraman to launch new book at Feb. 3 signing

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Barrington Books Garden City will host author Padma Venkatraman for the book launch and book signing for her new book The Bridge Home on Sunday, February 3 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at 176 Hillside Road, Cranston.

Four determined homeless children make a life for themselves in Padma Venkatraman's stirring middle-grade debut. Life is harsh in Chennai's teeming streets, so when runaway sisters Viji and Rukku arrive, their prospects look grim. Very quickly, 11-year-old Viji discovers how vulnerable they are in this uncaring, dangerous world. Fortunately, the girls find shelter – and friendship – on an abandoned bridge. With two homeless boys, Muthi and Arul, the group forms a family of sorts. And while making a living scavenging the city's trash heaps is the pits, the kids find plenty to laugh about and take pride in, too. After all, they are now the bosses of themselves and no longer dependent on untrustworthy adults. But when illness strikes, Viji must decide whether to risk seeking help from strangers or to keep holding on to their fragile, hard-fought freedom.

Award winning author, Padma Venkatraman is a Rhode Island resident and her previous books include A Time to Dance, Island's End and Climbing the Stairs.

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