317 pages
English language
Published March 15, 2014 by Harper.
4 stars
(1 review)
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.
Subjects
- Self-confidence
- Contemporary Women
- Secrets
- Friendship
- Choice
- Emotions
- Fiction
- Literary
- General
- Young women
- FICTION
- Amerikanisches Englisch
- Forgiveness
- Psychological fiction
- Self-esteem