The Author
Sujatha Rao is an author and a retired banker. She retired from an active corporate work life in 2016, after building up her career over three decades. Post her retirement, she has been spending her time freelancing as a corporate trainer, contributing articles to various periodicals, traveling, reading, doing online courses of her interest, practising yoga and meditation, etc.
The book
The main story of the book is centered around the family of three ladies (Bhairavi – the grandmother, Maitreyi – the mother and Kalpana – the granddaughter), who are struggling to overcome the loss of the man in their lives. There is a conflict surrounding his death, as the teenager Kalpana holds her mother responsible for the loss of her father. She becomes rebellious and the atmosphere in the house is strife with tension at the beginning of the book.
