Louisiana Catch

A grieving daughter and abuse survivor must summon the courage to run a feminist conference trust a man she meets over the Internet and escape a catfishing stalker to find her power. Ahana a wealthy thirty-three-year-old New Delhi woman flees the pain of her mothers death and her dark past by accepting a huge project in New Orleans where shell coordinate an annual conference to raise awareness of violence against women. Her half-Indian half-Irish colleague and public relations guru Rohan Brady who helps Ahana develop her online presence offends her prim sensibilities with his raunchy humor. She is convinced that hes a womanizer. Meanwhile she seeks relief from her pain in an online support group where she makes a good friend: the mercurial Jay Dubois who is also grieving the loss of his mother. Louisiana Catch is an emotionally immersive novel about identity shame and who we project ourselves to be in the world. Its a book about Ahanas unreliable instincts and her ongoing battle to deter¬mine whom to place her trust in as she Rohan and Jay shed layers of their identities. Louisiana Catch is a triumph. In Ahana Sweta Vikram has created an unforgettable character strong wise and deeply human wholl inspire a new generation struggling to come to terms with their identity in a world of blurring identities. --KARAN BAJAJ New York Times bestselling author The Yoga of Maxs Discontent In Louisiana Catch Sweta Vikram brings life to the complex human rights issue of violence against women. Through one womans journey to make sense of her past and ultimately heal Vikram shows us that yoga can reconnect us to ourselves and that by empowering others we transform our own lives. --ZOË LEPAGE Founder Exhale to Inhale Louisiana Catch perfectly captures what it means to be human in a digital world where support groups meet online love interests flirt on Twitter and people get confused with personas. Equal parts tender and playful moving and hopeful Vikrams prose connects us with timeless truths about grief and redemption in a satisfyingly modern way. --STEPHANIE PATERIK Managing Editor Adweek Learn more at www.SwetaVikram.com From Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com