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Secret Daughter (2010) (edit title/settings)

by Shilpi Somaya Gowda (Author) (edit contributors)

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A stunning debut novel that explores the emotional terrain of motherhood, loss, identity and culture, witnessed through the lives of two families, one Indian, one American, and the daughter who indelibly binds them.

Somer's life is everything she imagined it would be — she's newly... read more

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Somer's life is everything she imagined it would be — she's newly married and has started her career as a physician in San Francisco — until she makes the devastating discovery she never will be able to have children.

The same year in India, a poor mother makes the heartbreaking choice... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Somer's life is everything she imagined it would be — she's newly married and has started her career as a physician in San Francisco — until she makes the devastating discovery she never will be able to have children.

The same year in India, a poor mother makes the heartbreaking choice to save her newborn daughter's life by giving her away. It is a decision that will haunt Kavita for the rest of her life, and cause a ripple effect that travels across the world and back again.

Asha, adopted out of a Mumbai orphanage, is the child that binds the destinities of these two women. We follow both familes, invisibly connected until Asha's journey of self-discovery leads her back to India.

Compulsively readable and deeply touching, SECRET DAUGHTER is a story of the unforeseen ways in which our choices and families affect our lives, and the indelible power of love in all its many forms.

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He clutches the worn slip of paper in his hand, trying to compare the letters written there to the red sign hanging on the door in front of him.

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Prologue

Part I
1. Dawn of Mourning
2. Clean
3. Never Again
4. Without Much Effort
5. A Long Journey
6. A Fair Assumption
7. Shanti
8. Out of Options
9. Solace
10. A Powerful Thing
11. Spend and Save
12. Bearings
13. Ambitions
14. Monsoon Season
15. Victory
16. Offense
17. Already Attached
18. Silver Bells
19. Maternal Instinct
Part II
20. Shakti
21. An Uneasy Peace
22. Gold Spot
23. Give Thanks
24. Afternoon Rest
25. Overdue
26. Sixteen Years
27. Cruel Complications
Part III
28. Parents' Weekend
29. Real Life
30. Part of Her
31. Same as Always
32. Change of Current
33. Welcome Home
34. Brother and Sister
35. Times of India
36. In God's Hands
37. True Indian Beauty
38. Slipping Away
39. A Promise
40. Separate
41. Two Indias
42. Only One Regret
43. Marine Drive
44. Chowpatty Beach
45. One More Lie
Part IV
46. A Father Never Forgets
47. Once Before
48. Revolution
49. The Only Safe Ground
50. A Powerful Love
51. Mother India
52. As Good As I Remember
53. A Family Matter
54. Uncommonly Placid
55. That's Family
56. Crossing Oceans
57. Morning Prayers
58. Parting Gifts
59. Return of Hope
60. Such a Good Thing

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  1. Shilpi Somaya Gowda (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: William Morrow
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: March 9, 2010
ISBN: 0061922315
Page Count: 352

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