Custody

An unforgettable novel about what happens when a marriage collapses . Shagun is a woman of unassailable social standing married to a man chosen for her—a rising executive. Her lover is her husband’s boss. She asks for a divorce and all hell breaks loose.. Locked in a venomous legal battle for custody of their eight-year-old son and two-year-old daughter Shagun and Raman begin a journey that will have unforetold consequences. Set against the backdrop of upper-middle-class South Delhi Custody is both a searing indictment of India’s judicial system and an intimate portrait of a failing marriage and a family.