While Meena’s fate hangs in the balance, Smita tries in every way she can to right the scales. As she follows the case of Meena-a Hindu woman attacked by members of her own village and her own family for marrying a Muslim man-Smita comes face to face with a society where tradition carries more weight than one’s own heart, and a story that threatens to unearth the painful secrets of Smita’s own past. Indian American journalist Smita has returned to India to cover a story, but reluctantly: long ago she and her family left the country with no intention of ever coming back. In this riveting and immersive novel, bestselling author Thrity Umrigar tells the story of two couples and the sometimes dangerous and heartbreaking challenges of love across a cultural divide. The book is readily available for purchase via online trusted sources such as Amazon among others.“In the way A Thousand Splendid Suns told of Afghanistan’s women, Thrity Umrigar tells a story of India with the intimacy of one who knows the many facets of a land both modern and ancient, awash in contradictions.” -Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours Here, Thrity tells the story of twain couples and the sometimes dangerous as well as heartbreaking challenges of love across a cultural divide. In January 2022, she published a new book christened Honor. In the book, she captures the social struggles of modern India in a luminous, addictively readable novel of family, gender, class, tradition, and honor. In October 2009, her book titled The Space Between Us: A Novel came out. Thrity Umrigar The Space Between Us | Space Between Us The Distance Between Us (English Edition) (September 2016).A place for everyone (English Edition) (December 2017).The Size of the Sky (English Edition) (December 2017).A primeira luz da manhã (Portuguese Edition) (December 2017).First Darling of the Morning: Selected Memories of an Indian Childhood (October 2008).If Today Be Sweet: A Novel (March 2009).The Weight of Heaven: A Novel (April 2009).The World We Found: A Novel (January 2012).The Secrets Between Us: A Novel (June 2018).
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