Someone Else's Garden

In the vein of Thrity Umrigar's The Space Between Us, Dipika Rai's soulful debut novel is a moving multi-generational tale of mothers and daughters in rural India struggling to break free of the social traditions fencing them in. Standing out among works by Shobhan Bantwal, Chitra Divakaruni, and other emerging Indian writers, Rai's Someone Else's Garden offers a rare look at life in the Indian countryside, far from the more well-trafficked literary settings of New Delhi and Mumbai, in an evocative, atmospheric story of one woman's soulful fight to take control of her life.

Author: Dipika Rai
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 02/01/2011
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.44w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780062000354

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2010
Publishers Weekly 12/13/2010
Booklist 02/01/2011 pg. 31

About the Author
Rai, Dipika: -

Dipika Rai was born, raised, and educated in India. She worked as a freelance journalist for many years, writing for various publications around the globe. She divides her time between India and the island of Bali, where she lives with her husband, two children, and her devoted pets. This is her first novel.