''Leave It to Me'' is a 1997 novel by

Bharati Mukherjee Bharati Mukherjee (July 27, 1940 – January 28, 2017) was an Indian American-Canadian writer and professor emerita in the department of English at the University of California, Berkeley. She was the author of a number of novels and short story ...

. The story utilizes the

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of the

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Goddess,

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, who is associated with protection, strength, motherhood, destruction, creation, and wars.

References

External links

*Author interview. (1997).
Bharati Mukherjee:Outsider Looking In, Insider Looking Beyond
' ''Beatrice.com''.

Reviews

Powells reviewBallantine's Reader's CircleReading Group Guide

Publication history

* Hardcover — (), published in June 1997 by

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. * Paperback — (), published in November 1998 by

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. 1997 American novels Novels by Bharati Mukherjee Alfred A. Knopf books Novels set in New York (state) Novels set in San Francisco {{AsianAmerican-stub