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RIVERHEAD Trade Paperback May 2012
On the Outside
lOOking indian
How My Second Childhood Changed My Life
Rupinder Gill
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PAPERBACK
ORIGINAL
978-1-59448-577-0 • $15.00/$16.00 Can.
Trade Paperback
320 pp./5 1/2” x 8 1/4”/Carton: 32/Memoir
Rights: 200
First Serial, UK, Translation, Audio: Riverhead Books
(No Canada)
Other: Sam Hiyate, The Rights Factory Inc.
PO Box 499, Station C
Toronto, ON M6J 3P6
Canada
Publishing History: Original, previously published in
Canada by McClelland & Stewart
(978-0-771-03593-7; 3/22/11)
EAN: 9781594485770 51500
On sale May 1, 2012
Photo © Anna Lisa Sang
An extraordinary new memoir of growing up,
and breaking tradition.
Raised under the rules of her parents’ traditional Indian upbringing,
Rupinder Gill would be busy babysitting while her friends were having
slumber parties. She was prevented from leaving the house out of fear
that the outside world would corrupt her. At age 30, tired of listening
to others reminisce about the fun they had as kids, Rupinder decided
to finally have some childhood fun of her own. On the Outside Looking
Indian tells the story of Rupinder’s trip down non-memory lane, and
her discovery that the most important lessons are learned when we are
at play.
“Voracious readers, beware...Gill’s memoir is not a book to be read in
large gulps...it’s too funny to consume in one bite.”
—Winnipeg Free Press
“[A] charming, witty chronicle of the trials and tribulations of one
woman’s belated attempt at a second childhood.” —Toronto Star
MARKETING
• National television and radio interviews
• Regional public radio interview campaign
• Print features and reviews
• Online advertising
• Online reviews and author interviews
• Reading group outreach
• Readers Guide available online
• Author video available
SALES POINTS
• Gill’s message is that of the anti-”Tiger Mother”—instead of insisting on strict
boundaries, Gill writes that children need freedom to explore their own
interests in order to become happy and successful adults
• The book will strike a particular chord with thousands of children of
immigrant parents
• On the Outside Looking Indian received an enthusiastic response from
readers and critics alike when it was published in Canada
Rupinder Gill has been published in the National Post and on
McSweeney’s.com. She is now a writer for Canada’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
Author website: rupindergill.net
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