
Secret daughter
General fiction
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Summary
In a remote Indian village, Kavita gives birth to Asha, but in a culture that favours sons, the only way to save Asha is to give her away. Halfway around the globe, Somer decides to adopt a child after discovering… that she will never have one of her own. A story that moves between two worlds and two families, one struggling to survive the slums of Mumbai, the other grappling to become a cohesive unit despite diverging cultural identities. Some descriptions of violence and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. c2010.