num_pages: 368
description: For readers of Shilpi Somaya Gowdas Secret Daughter and Nancy Richlers The Imposter Bride a breathtaking novel from Anita Kushwaha about the ties that bind mothers and daughters together and the secrets that tear them apartVeena Mala and Nandini are three very different women with something in common. Out of love each bears a secret that will haunt her lifeand that of her daughterwhen the risk of telling the truth is too great. But secrets have consequences. Particularly to Asha the young woman on the cusp of adulthood who links them together.On the day after her eighteenth birthday Asha is devastated to learn that she was adopted as a baby. Whats more her birth mother died of a mysterious illness shortly before then leaving Asha with only a letter.Nandini Ashas adoptive mother has always feared the truth would come between them.Veena a recent widow worries about her daughter Malas future. The shock of her husbands sudden death leaves her shaken and convinces her that the only way to keep her daughter safe is to secure her future.Mala struggles to balance her dreams and ambition with her mothers expectations. She must bear a secret the burden of which threatens her very life.Three mothers bound by love deceit and a young woman who connects them all. Secret Lives of Mothers &amp; Daughters is an intergenerational novel about family duty and the choices we make in the name of love.
language: None
title: Secret Lives of Mothers & Daughters
publisher: HarperAvenue