Bindi
Subtitle: a novel
By: Paul Matthew Maisano
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9780316509480
Subjects: Orphans; Adopted children; Fiction
Description: "Kerala, 1993: Eight-year-old Birendra suddenly loses his mother, but he refuses to believe he's an orphan. He's certain that his mother's twin sister, the troubled but winning Nayana, will come for him all the way from West London. But when the letter informing Nayana of her sister's death goes missing, numerous lives are forever altered, and Birendra is set adrift. Madeline, a Los Angeles native and interior designer to the stars, is floundering in her personal life. In the aftermath of a failed attempt to get pregnant, she flies to India where she finds herself face-to-face with Birendra. In a moment of sudden certainty, she decides she must adopt the boy in order to save them both"--Provided by publisher.