Indu Sundaresan

In her critically praised debut novel, The Twentieth Wife, Indu Sundaresan introduced the love story of Emperor Jahangir and Mehrunnisa. The story continues in this lush sequel, when Mehrunnisa comes into Jahangir's harem as his twentieth and final wife. This time Jahangir has married for love, and members of his court are worried that Mehrunnisa could exert control over their futures. Their concerns are well founded.

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A volume of short tales about contemporary Indian women caught between tradition and modernity includes the story of a young woman, adopted and raised by an American family, who is entreated by her biological family to prevent the wrongful execution of ayoung widow.