The Storyteller's Secret by Sejal Badani

It is one that I won’t be forgetting anytime soon.Īs Jaya finally comes to a place where she can finally speak about her heartbreak, I too am at that same place. It was a heartfelt yet heartbroken tale that is also full of joy and self-discovery. This book takes you on an emotional roller coaster…it gives you all the feels. These stories are full of the culture of India and I vividly remembered my social studies lessons on the Indian caste system coming back to me as we hear about the Untouchables and others.

The stories she hears over in India felt so real, and I loved how the timelines moved effortlessly and seamlessly back and forth in time from the present to the past. I loved that Jaya felt such a strong pull to go investigate her roots. This is not an easy path for anyone, and I know the toll it takes on a marriage – it’s not something you want to broadcast, and yet it shouldn’t be something we keep hidden and buried deep inside ourselves. While we do not share a cultural bond, I felt that the fertility issues she went through made me connect with her in a greater sense than anything else could have. I love books that explore a person’s roots, but I also love books that take on infertility because I struggled with it and it is more common than you might think. My thoughts: When I was pitched this book, I had no idea just how powerful and emotional it would be, nor how much I would I identify with the main character. To her and a strength that, until now, she never knew was possible. Romantic and heart-wrenching story, Jaya discovers the legacy bequeathed Through her courageous grandmother’s arrestingly Love, and tragic fall of Jaya’s pioneering grandmother during theīritish occupation. But it is Ravi-her grandmother’s former servantĪnd trusted confidant-who reveals the resilience, struggles, secret Sights, smells, and sounds she experiences, Jaya becomes an eager Desperate to assuage her deep anguish, she decides to go to India Of her third miscarriage and the slow unraveling of her marriage in its Nothing prepares Jaya, a New York journalist, for the heartbreak Source: Audio – Brilliance Audio / Print – Lake Union Publishing via Wunderkind PRįrom the bestselling author of Trail of Broken Wings comes an epic story of the unrelenting force of love, the power of healing, and the invincible desire to dream. Length: 13 hours 21 minutes / ARC paperback, 412 pages Published: September 2018, Audio – Brilliance Audio / Print – Lake Union Publishing

The Storyteller's Secret by Sejal Badani