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Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman (, Hardcover) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! CLIMBING THE STAIRS. by Padma Venkatraman ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 1, A welcome addition to the small but growing body of historical fiction about growing up female in India. Vidya, 15, has enjoyed a privileged life, and her father has promised her a university education. When he suffers permanent brain damage after being brutally beaten at. Climbing the Stairs. By: Padma Venkatraman. Narrated by: Sumeet Bharati. Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins. Unabridged Audiobook. Categories: Teen Young Adult, Literature Fiction. out of 5 stars. (15 ratings) Add to Cart failed.

Praise for CLIMBING THE STAIRS. Venkatraman makes a memorable debut with this lushly evoked novel set in India during World War II More than a feisty Cinderella story this novel vivifies a unique era and culture as it movingly expresses how love and hope can blossom even under the most dismal of circumstances. Climbing the Stairs by Padma Venkatraman Reviewed by Jennifer. Ratings. Content Ratings based on a scale where 0 = no objectionable content and 5 = an. Climbing the Stairs is a work of historical fiction for young adults by Padma Venkatraman. It concerns a fifteen-year-old girl named Vidya, presenting her coming of age within the larger context of political instability in India, as the country strives for independence while fending off World War II. Vidya’s life is complicated when her father sustains a brain injury during a rally for India’s independence.