Bijou Roy: A Novel

In Ronica Dhars powerful debut her title character Bijou Roy is blissfully experiencing the enchantments of first love her father passes away leaving her closed off and shaky. Her career and relationship in limbo she travels to India to scatter his remains--a ritual traditionally performed by a son--in the river that runs through his native city. However she doesnt find the peace she hoped to find in laying her father to rest. Instead she meets Naveen the son of her fathers closest comrade and discovers the intimate details of his political past. Bijou is suddenly swept away in the mysteries of love grief and family histories finding herself caught between two suitors and two countries. Struggling to understand her place in the world she finds the only way to move forward is to replace sorrow with hope.