Publisher Description
Divakaruni's descriptive, evocative writing makes you race through the book and then mourn its completion. For those who are fans of the author, this is a must-read. For those who have yet to discover her, this book is a must
People Troubled by the silence that surrounds her parents' death, seventeen-year old Korobi Roy clings to her only inheritance from them: the unfinished love note she found hidden in her mother's book of poetry. But when her grandfather dies, the young woman discovers a dark secret which will finally explain her past.
‘A coming of age novel in the best tradition, with a heroine who is both infuriating and endearing and most importantly, brave - Divakaruni's gift is story telling and she is generous with her gift'- Huffington Post.
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About the Authors
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an award-winning and bestselling author, activist, and professor. Her work has been published in over fifty magazines, including The Atlantic and The New Yorker, and included in The Best American Short Stories and The O. Henry Prize Stories. Her books have been translated into twenty-nine languages, and several have been used for campus-wide reads and made into films and plays. She teaches at the University of Houston.