I’m looking for a book that I read as a teenager. It was about a girl that grew up in the poorest regions of india. She ran away from home (I think because of a forced marriage but could be wrong) and there’s some storyline explaning the society’s hierarchy. She worked her way up. initially there was something about about bandits but I dont remember if she joined or was afraid of them. Then at some point she worked for a very wealthy man. I dont remember any further than that sadly. I would really like to read it again.
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