The story has 2 settings: a remote Indian village near Mumbai and
San Francisco. A young woman , Kavita, gives birth in a birthing tent in
a rural area, accompanied by a midwife, while her husband waits nearby to
see "what it is.". Alas for the baby, it's a girl. Being a poor family and living in
a culture that centers around males, news of a daughter is not welcome and the father
"takes care of the baby.". Not a good thing.......
Take two: Kavita secretly delivers another girl a couple years later and is determined
not to let her husband murder this baby. After a long and arduous journey , she leaves the
infant girl at an Orphanage in Mumbai. Naturally, she is heartbroken. Meanwhile in San Francisco, a young couple...the woman- an American doctor -and the man a surgeon-born in India -struggles with infertility issues.
After much deliberation, they decide to adopt a baby from India.

So story flips back and forth between CA and India.......
Cultural differences and lifestyles are depicted.....
love 'n loss; conflict, strong emotions on all sides......

A quote I like: " You can't Always see the power a woman holds, but it is there....."
Both of the women involved in this story had strong characters and had some power,
even if it wasn't obvious.
To add to the drama, the adopted daughter, Asha, wants to go back to India to explore
her roots ( remember, her father doesn't even know of her existence). Another source
of power...

This book was well-written and moved along.....
I recommend it for individual readers and for for bookclub members.

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