In which Anita Desai novel does the heroine, pregnant for the fifth time, leave her husband for the island of Manori?
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Correct answer: C. Where Shall We Go This Summer?
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Sita, in Where Shall We Go This Summer? (1975), hopes the island's 'magic' will keep her child from being born into a violent world.
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