The Secrets Between Us -- Thrity Umrigar
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<p><strong>More than a decade since her bestselling novel, <em>The Space Between Us</em>, Thrity Umrigar continues Bhima's unforgettable story in this stunning sequel.</strong></p><p><strong>"The women at the heart of this novel inhabit the harsh world of the urban Indian poor, and struggle separately and together for dignity and survival. Thrity Umrigar has written a moving human tale that vividly brings to life both the women and the city of Mumbai."--Salman Rushdie</strong></p><p>Bhima, the unforgettable main character of Thrity Umrigar's beloved national bestseller <em>The Space Between Us</em>, returns in this triumphant sequel--a poignant and compelling novel in which the former servant struggles against the circumstances of class and misfortune to forge a new path for herself and her granddaughter in modern India.</p><p>Poor and illiterate, Bhima had faithfully worked for the Dubash family, an upper-middle-class Parsi household, for more than twenty years. Yet after courageously speaking the truth about a heinous crime perpetrated against her own family, the devoted servant was cruelly fired. The sting of that dismissal was made more painful coming from Sera Dubash, the temperamental employer who had long been Bhima's only confidante. A woman who has endured despair and loss with stoicism, Bhima must now find some other way to support herself and her granddaughter, Maya.</p><p>Bhima's fortunes take an unexpected turn when her path intersects with Parvati, a bitter, ta
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