These are some of the books our books editor, Meneesha Govender, received recently. They may be reviewed later
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Land Where I Flee
by Prajwal Parajuly (JonathanBall, R375)
Chitralekha is turning 84 and three of her grandchildren are travelling to Gangtok (a town in the Indian Himalayas) to pay their respects.
Agastaya is a successful oncologist in New York. But he is dreading the family inquisition into his state of bachelordom. He is even more terrified that they will discover the reason he is not married.
Manasa is an Oxford-educated achiever living in London. She is wealthy but miserable.
Bhagwati, travelling from Colorado, is the disgraced eloper of the family – ostracised but optimistic.
All three would like to leave after the celebrations with their formidable grandmother’s blessing and their nerves intact.
But family reunions are never easy at the best of times. Thanks to a mischievous maid and an uninvited guest, things are about to get very interesting.
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Where Love Lies
by Julie Cohen (Bantam Press)
Felicity’s husband, Quinn, is the kindest man she knows. He loves her more than she feels she deserves.
But lately, Felicity cannot shake a feeling of uncertainty.
A chance scent of a perfume evokes memories that she thought had been settled within herself for a long time now.
But the memories of a man she hasn’t seen for 10 years keep fluttering back, and so do her feelings of being deeply in love.
Overwhelmed by her emotions, Felicity has to grapple with thoughts of what if things are not as they should be.
Felicity has to decide which she trusts – her mind or her heart.