A MOTHER’S SECRET: A BEAUTIFUL, HEARTBREAKING NOVEL OF LOVE, LOSS AND HIDDEN TRAGEDY

Book ID/图书代码： 08090017C00006

English Summary/英文概要： When pregnant Jaya loses her mother, then her baby son Arun in a tragic cot death, her world crashes down. Overcome by grief and guilt, she begins to look for answers – to the enigma of her lonely, distant mother, and her mysterious past in India.

Looking through her mother’s belongings, she finds two diaries and old photographs, carrying the smoky aroma of fire. A young boy smiles out at Jaya from every photograph – and in one, a family stand proudly in front of a sprawling mansion. Who is this child? And why did her mother treasure this memento of a regal family lost to the past?

As Jaya starts to read the diaries, their secrets lead her back to India, to the ruin of a once grand house on a hill. There, Kali, a mad old lady, will unlock the story of a devastating lie and a fire that tore a family apart.

Nothing though will prepare Jaya for the house’s final revelation, which will change everything Jaya knew about herself.

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About the Author/作者介绍： Renita D’Silva is the author of numerous works, including Monsoon Memories, The Stolen Girl, and many short stories. Her work has been published in Bartleby Snopes, on Paragraph Planet, and other places, and she has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Visit her at renitadsilva.com.

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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：• 48,100 copies sold What if you discovered that everything you knew about yourself was a lie? Rights: World English: Bookouture, April 2016; Bulgaria: SBB Media; Netherlands: Meulenhoff Boekerij; Norway: Cappelen Damm

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