Sneha Mathan
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A searing literary debut novel set in India about mothers and daughters, obsession and betrayal
"I would be lying if I say my mother's misery has never given me pleasure," says Antara, Tara's now-adult daughter.
In her youth, Tara was wild. She abandoned her marriage to join an ashram, and while Tara is busy as a partner to the ashram's spiritual leader, Baba, little Antara is cared for by an older devotee, Kali Mata, an American who came to the...