Missy

Meet Missy, the spellbinding, dazzling, must-read debut of 2024, with a main character who will capture your heart. #IamMissy

Madras, India: The orphans of St Ursulas convent are destined to be nuns or servants but seventeen-year-old Savi dreams of escape. Responsible and good with languages, shes taken on as governess for the wealthy Nandiyar family. But the horrific events of a single night force Savi and her love, Ananda, into a dangerous journey, re-emerging in America under new identities, India forever in their rearview. But the past is never far away. Forty years later, Savi, now known as Missy, is living the American Dream in Chicago; pillar of the South Asian community, and mother to two brilliant young women, Mansi and Shilpa. Until Varun, a charming doctor, enters their lives, setting off a chain of events that puts Missys world in jeopardy with the revelation that you can never truly outrun your past secrets

Autorentext
Raghav Rao was born in Mumbai, India. He grew up in London, Los Angeles, and Southern India. He graduated from the University of Chicago and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and The Office of Modern Composition. He enjoys bird-watching, playing squash, and biking the lakefront trail.

Zusammenfassung
Chicagoan Missy has left her beginnings in Madras far behind, to live the American Dream. Until a young man crashes into her family's life, forcing Missy to confront her past secrets.