The Lilac House · A Novel

The Lilac House · A Novel
Authors
Nair, Anita
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Tags
contemporary women , college teachers , cultural heritage , widows , domestic fiction , general , bangalore (india) , fiction
ISBN
9780312606770
Date
2010-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.33 MB
Lang
en
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Meera is happily submerged in the role of corporate wife and cookbook writer. Then, one day, her husband fails to come home. Overnight, Meera, disoriented and emotionally fragile, becomes responsible not just for her two children, but also her mother, grandmother and the running of Lilac House, their rambling old family home in Bangalore.

A few streets away, Professor J.A. Krishnamurthy or Jak, cyclone studies expert, has recently returned from Florida, to care for his nineteen-year-old daughter, the victim of a tragic accident. What happened on her holiday in a small beachside village? The police will not help, Smriti's friends have vanished, and a wall of silence and fear surrounds the incident. But Jak cannot rest until he gets to the truth.

Meera and of Jak's paths intertwine as they uncover the truth about the secrets of their pasts and the promise of the future. *The Lilac House *is a sweeping story of redemption, forgiveness and second chances.