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A walk across the sun : a novel

17-year-old Ahalya and her 15-year-old sister Sita are left orphaned and alone after a tsunami rages through their coastal Indian home. They are taken in by criminals and forced into a world of violence and underground commerce. Half a world away, Washington D.C. attorney Thomas Clarke decides to pursue a pro bono sabbatical in Mumbai prosecuting human trafficers. When he hears of the sisters' plight, he decides to make it his personal mission to save them.

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  • ISBN: 1443408247
  • ISBN: 9781443408240
  • Physical Description 437 pages
  • Edition Harper Perennial trade pbk. ed.
  • Publisher Toronto : Harper Perennial, 2014.

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Walk Across the Sun
Walk Across the Sun
by Addison, Corban
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Walk Across the Sun


The international bestseller, with 30,000 copies sold in Canada When a tsunami rages through their coastal home in India, sisters Ahalya and Sita are left orphaned and alone. Searching for protection in a devastated landscape, they are thrust into a seamy world of violence and underground commerce. In Washington, D.C., attorney Thomas Clarke, facing his own personal and professional crisis, makes the fateful decision to pursue a pro bono sabbatical in Mumbai, India, with a non-profit organization that prosecutes the region's human traffickers. Though Clarke and the sisters are separated by half a world, their destinies are intertwined. Clarke makes it his personal mission to rescue them, setting the stage for a riveting showdown with an international network of ruthless criminals. Spanning three continents and two cultures, A Walk Across the Sun is a suspenseful, fast-paced and moving journey through the underworld of modern slavery and into the darkest-and most resilient- corners of the human heart.