Secret Daughter: A Heartbreaking Family Saga of Adoption, Motherhood, and Identity Across Continents

Secret Daughter: A Heartbreaking Family Saga of Adoption, Motherhood, and Identity Across Continents

<p>€œMoving and thought-provoking and informative and imaginative and beautifully executed.  What a wonderful story!€<br/>€"Mary Jane Clark</p><p> </p><p>€œThis book is a must for anyone touched by adoption, or India, or the delicate dynamic between adolescent girls and their mothers.€<br/>€"Sujata Massey, author of <em>Shimura Trouble</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Secret Daughter</em>, a first novel by Shilpi Somaya Gowda, explores powerfully and poignantly the emotional terrain of motherhood, loss, identity, and love through the experiences of two families€"one Indian, one American€"and the child that binds them together. A masterful work set partially in the Mumbai slums so vividly portrayed in the hit film <em>Slumdog Millionaire</em>, <em>Secret Daughter</em> recalls the acclaimed novels of Kim Edwards and Thrity Umrigar, yet sparkles with the freshness of a truly exciting new literary voice.</p><p> </p>