Leila
About this book
Every year on Leila's birthday Shalini kneels by the wall with a little yellow spade and scoops dry earth to make a pit for two candles. One each for herself and for Riz, the husband at her side.
But as Shalini walks from the patch of grass where she held her vigil the man beside her melts away. It is sixteen years since they took her, her daughter's third birthday party, the last time she saw the three people she loves most dearly: her mother, her husband, her child.
There are thirty-two candle stubs buried in that lawn, and Shalini believes her search is finally drawing to a close. When she finds Leila, she will return and dig up each and every one.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- THE WALL
- TOWERS
- MA AND PAPA
- CENTRE OF HIS PALM
- WATER
- PURITY CAMP
- POLAR NIGHT
- FORBIDDEN FRUIT
- SETTLEMENT
- SAPNA
- THINGS THAT PULL US TOGETHER
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- Copyright
