The story hour
Subtitle: a novel
By: Thrity Umrigar
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9780062259301; 9780062259318; 9780062259325; 9780062374387
Subjects: Self-confidence; Contemporary Women; Secrets; Friendship; Choice; Emotions; Fiction; Literary; General; Young women; FICTION; Amerikanisches Englisch; Forgiveness; Psychological fiction; Self-esteem
Description: An experienced psychologist, Maggie carefully maintains emotional distance from her patients. But when she meets a young Indian woman who tried to kill herself, her professional detachment disintegrates. Cut off from her family in India, Lakshmi is desperately lonely and trapped in a loveless marriage to a domineering man who limits her world to their small restaurant and grocery store. Determined to empower Lakshmi as a woman who feels valued in her own right, Maggie abandons protocol, and soon doctor and patient have become close friends. When Maggie and Lakshmi open up and share long-buried secrets, the revelations will jeopardize their close bond, shake their faith in each other, and force them to confront painful choices.