Maniar Archana - Dry Spells - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: " A beautiful vivid and atmospheric story of loss and redemption" - Fiona Valpy A devastating drought. A city ripe with secrets. A family with a past just waiting to be discovered. Recently Shyamala Mehta's life in L a feels stagnant: she's undervalued at work newly single and constantly clashing with her marriage - obsessed mother. So when she's offered a transfer to Mumbai she travels halfway around the world to the now drought - stricken city her parents left behind. Staying with her mother's sister Vini Shyamala is struck by the contrast between them. How did Vini become such a joyful unconventional soul while Pramila drifted quietly into traditional life? Far from home and surrounded by echoes of the past Shyamala finally has a chance to learn more about the mother she barely knows. With Arjun the neighbor's wild - haired son whose love for India pierces through the oppressive heat she starts to see the city of Pramila's youth in all its beautiful complexity. But as the taps run dry Shyamala finds herself at the crossroads of her family's history and her own destiny. The air is heavy with secrets but when the deluge finally comes will she be ready for what it might reveal about her mother herself and the maddening city she's starting to think of as home?
Title: Dry Spells
Author(s): Maniar Archana
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
Barcode: 9781662519512
Pages: 366 Pages
Publication Date: 5/1/2024
Category: Historical Fiction