END CUE: "...published by Random House of Canada."
BOOKBITS
LEAD:
One hundred years ago, anxious father's in India learned their child
was born when the midwife threw a lemon out the window into the
garden. Padma Viswanathan's grandmother's life began with what is now
the title of her grand-daughter's novel about life in India at the
end of the Raj The Toss of a Lemon.
END CUE: "...published
by Random House of Canada."