Other Waters: A Novel

A Jane Austen-ish plot gets a delicious Indian accent in this effervescent novel by former PEOPLE editor Gage . . . in this exotic mysterious setting cultures collide love grows more complicated and Maya finally discovers just whom – and where – she is really meant to be. --People ****. Maya is an accomplished psychiatric resident with a supportive boyfriend loving family and bustling New York social life. When her grandmother dies in India a family squabble over property ignites a curse that drifts across continents and threatens Mayas life. Or so her father says-- Maya (being a modern woman an American and a doctor) doesnt believe in curses Brahman or otherwise. But then a series of calamities befalls her family her career and relationship both falter and Maya starts to worry. She hopes a trip back to India with her best friend Heidi will enable her to remove the curse save her family and put her own life back in order. Thus begins a journey into Mayas parallel worlds-- New York and an India filled with loving and annoying relatives vivid colors and superstitious customs she doesnt and does believe in. But her time in India isnt just a visit home or a chance to explore the strengthening and suffocating bonds of family its also the beginning of a cathartic quest toward forging one identity out of two cultures.