Secret Lives of Mothers & Daughters

by Anita Kushwaha

For readers of Shilpi Somaya Gowda's Secret Daughter and Nancy Richler's The Imposter Bride, a breathtaking novel from Anita Kushwaha about the ties that bind mothers and daughters together and the secrets that can tear them apart

Veena, Mala and Nandini are three very different women with something in common. Out of love, each bears a secret that will haunt her life--and that of her daughter--because the risk of telling the truth is too great. But secrets have consequences. Particularly to Asha, the young woman on the cusp of adulthood who links them together.

Asha is devastated to learn that she was adopted as a baby. What's more, her birth mother died of a mysterious illness shortly before then, leaving Asha with a letter and no further explanation of why her birth father gave her up. Nandini, Asha's adoptive mother, has always feared the truth would come between them.

Veena, a recent widow, worries about the future of her daughter, Mala, and is convinced that the only way to keep her safe is through an arranged marriage. Mala struggles to balance her dreams and ambition with her mother's expectations. When she finds herself pregnant out of wedlock, she flips an undesirable situation to her advantage for the sake of her unborn child.

Three mothers, bound by love, deceit and a young woman who connects them all. Caught in a Lie is an intergenerational novel about family, duty and the choices we make in the name of love.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1443460737
• ISBN13: 9781443460736
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"