OFFSPRING A NOVEL

<p>Description</p><p>Ambala 1918: At a time when adults rarely stepped out of the city Rohan Lal</p><p>was the boy setting sail for Sydney Australia.</p><p>When Professor Hardayal approaches him with an acceptance offer from the</p><p>Australian Academy of Sciences Rohan is apprehensive at the thought of a vast</p><p>ocean separating him from his family. Bearing the pain of separation Baoji</p><p>Ma and Bhai advise Rohan to take the leap and turn his life around. Soon the</p><p>five years at the Academy come to an end and the thought of returning home</p><p>crosses Rohan's mind. But the fear of being separated from the love of his life</p><p>Jenny-his mentor Professor Hubertson's niece-and the promise of better</p><p>work opportunities in Paris keep him away from home some more. Life</p><p>work and love take this once shaken unsure youth on another adventure - this</p><p>time around to Glendale Ontario.</p><p>Further away from his home and family now Rohan spends most of his waking</p><p>moments hoping and praying to return home with Jenny. What once began as</p><p>a five-year separation from his family in India now felt like an unending exile.</p><p>The intermittent trips and the handwritten letters he regularly exchanged</p><p>with Bhai did lessen his guilt of abandoning his ageing parents yet his constant</p><p>turmoil made him wonder if he had made a mistake by not moving back at the</p><p>right time...</p><p>A victim of his own decisions and struggling to tie the two ends of his family</p><p>Rohan feels stuck in a paradoxical world of his own making. Each day praying</p><p>that he had not in fact committed the sin of breaking up his family. A</p><p>poignant debut novel Offspring is a testament to family ties love and tradition.</p><p><br></p>