Description
In a close-knit New Delhi neighborhood where affection and scrutiny are inseparable, painfully shy Mallika struggles to reclaim her life after a devastating trauma leaves her with three missing days and a descent into depression. As she tries to conceal her mental illness from those around her, the people closest to her reveal their own guarded histories, private wounds, and conflicting loyalties. Told through shifting perspectives and an elliptical structure, the novel explores family, friendship, love, memory, and the heavy cost of silence. With psychological depth and emotional nuance, it portrays the fragile paths by which people confront suffering and find their way back to one another.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Published Mar 27, 2023
631 pages
ISBN: 9789354929588
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Details
First Published
2023
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Fear and Lovely by Anjana Appachana.