Sejal Badani: The storyteller's secret (2018, Lake Union Publishing)
390 pages
English language
Published Sept. 29, 2018 by Lake Union Publishing.
Nothing prepares Jaya, A New York journalist, for the heartbreak of her third miscarriage and the slow unraveling of her marriage in its wake. Desperate to assuage her deep anguish, she decides to go to India to uncover answers to her family's past. Intoxicated by the sights, smells, and sounds she experiences, Jaya becomes an eager student of the culture. But it is Ravi -- her grandmother's former servant and trusted confidant -- who reveals the resilience, struggles, secret love, and tragic fall of Jaya's pioneering grandmother during the British occupation. Through her courageous grandmother's arrestingly romantic and heart-wrenching story, Jaya discovers the legacy bequeathed to her and a strength that, until now, she never knew was possible. -- from book jacket
Enjoyed reading this story about a grand daughter traveling to India and gradually hearing the story about her grandmother and the family of her mother. As Jana learns about her family's past, she starts to see her mother's actions in a new light. An interesting look at a different culture and different times.
