Honor - Thrity Umrigar
Category: General Fiction
Narrator: Sneha Mathan
Tags: General Fiction, Novel, Contemporary, Adults
In the way A Thousand Splendid Suns told of Afghanistans women, Thrity Umrigar tells a story of India with the intimacy of one who knows the many facets of a land both modern and ancient, awash in contradictions. Lisa Wingate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were Yours, In this riveting and immersive novel, bestselling author Thrity Umrigar tells the story of two couples and the sometimes dangerous and heartbreaking challenges of love across a cultural divide., Indian American journalist Smita has returned to India to cover a story, but reluctantly: long ago she and her family left the country with no intention of ever coming back. As she follows the case of Meenaa Hindu woman attacked by members of her own village and her own family for marrying a Muslim manSmita comes face to face with a society where tradition carries more weight than ones own heart, and a story that threatens to unearth the painful secrets of Smitas own past. While Meenas fate hangs in the balance
