Sandra C. (sandybees) reviewed on 3/13/2011 + 109 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 5

I highly recommend Secret Daughter. It is a powerful, moving story that sweeps from romote villages in India to the beautiful shores of California to bustling cities in India such as Mumbai. The novel centers around Kavita, who is forced to make a heartwrenching decision regarding her newborn daughter. Because of her poverty and her husband's fanatic desire to have a son, Kavita is forced to deliver her baby to an orphanage rather than have her child killed. The baby is adopted by an American couple, two doctors, Somer and Khrishna. Although Krishna was born and raised in India he came to America for college and fell in love with blond, blue eyed Somer. Somer, who has suffered through several miscarriages is desperate to be a mother. The story takes you through the next 20 years and illustrates the pain and heartache that both families suffer as they deal with loss, hope, failure, a broken marriage and despair. This is a beautiful novel. Bravo.

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