Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda - Used Dinah Jefferies When past and present finally

When past and present finally collide

Kristina Kuzmic has made herself a household name

where he kept them chained in the basement

Love isn’t something that happens to you

When social services jeopardize her safety condemning her to keepher father's secret

Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda - Used Dinah Jefferies When past and present finallySecret Daughter, a first novel by Shilpi Somaya Gowda, explores powerfully and poignantly the emotional terrain of motherhood, loss, identity, and love through the experiences of two familiesone Indian, one Americanand the child that binds them together. A masterful work set partially in the Mumbai slums so vividly portrayed in the hit film Slumdog Millionaire, Secret Daughter recalls the acclaimed novels of Kim Edwards and Thrity Umrigar, yet