And there you have it - Kiran Desai is the youngest woman to win the Booker Prize.
Kiran Desai dedicated her book, The Inheritance of Loss, to her mother. Anita Desai was shortlisted for the Booker three times, but never won.
He begged their pardon, but he had forgotten his gloves, and instantly crossing the room to the writing table, he drew out a letter from under the scattered paper, placed it before Anne with eyes of glowing entreaty fixed on her for a time, and hastily collecting his gloves, was again out of the room, almost before Mrs. Musgrove was aware of his being in it: the work of an instant! ~ Jane Austen, Persuasion
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