During our Alaska adventure, I spent my late evenings immersed in The Storyteller’s Secret by Sejal Badani. It didn’t matter how tired I was, I looked forward to diving back in to the story. I was hooked!
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.
The author gracefully teaches about Indian customs and traditions in a beautifully written story that evokes all of the emotions. Her characters demonstrate compassion, strength and kindness in impossible situations and I loved nearly all of them. The story has stayed with me since the moment I turned the last page, and I have been telling everyone that will listen that it is a must-read. When I wrote about Where the Crawdads Sing I shared that I rarely save books. This is one I just might hang on to.
I also read another dime a dozen murder mystery – The Ex. It was fine, but doesn’t warrant a full post. Next up is the new Mary Kay Andrews book. What’s on your bedside?
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A Woman is no Man is an excellent read. It is the first book by Etaf Rum. She is actually a former colleague of mine. Jenna Bush Hager selected it as her May book club pick and it was also in the top ten of The New York Times’s bestseller list. Enjoy!
I just finished Lake News (Delinsky) and I’m reading a book called Dogwood Hill, which is barely worth mentioning. The Storyteller’s Secret is on my list – looking forward to it! xo
I just read The a Silent Patient; it was really good! It’s a suspense/mystery book.
Yes! I just finished this too!
Daisy Jones and The Six – excellent audio book if you ever listen!! 😘
I totally second this one! And this book was made to be listened to!
Ahhh, good tip. I would absolutely love to listen to it even though I’ve read it!
A friend loaned me a book to read for our beach vacation last week. It was a Christian Romance Novel called Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. It was one of the best books I have ever read.
I just read Elian Hilderbrand’s Summer of ‘69. I loved it. It weaves historic happenings of the times into the story of an American family on their Nantucket summer. Next up for our book club is Nancy Thayer’s Surfside sisters to round out the summer. Thanks for sharing your book choice recommendation.. It sounds wonderful.