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A novel, breathtaking in its sweep, explores the lasting power of storytelling to redefine, to bring clarity to, and to transform lives.As the monsoon rains wash over the city of Kolkata, four women talk in the kitchen of Kailash—the old mansion of the Chattopadhyays, where Uma comes to live after her marriage in the summer of 1962.Her husband’s silence about his mother and the childhood tragedy that beckons him, the embroidered handkerchiefs in an old soap box, and the presence of the old, green-eyed cat all intrigue Uma
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But it is only as she begins to read aloud the traditional Chandimangal composed by her husband’s grandfather to celebrate the goddess that these long-buried stories begin to emerge...The novel weaves in the history of the militant goddess recast as wife, the Portuguese in Bengal, the rise of print and the making of memories through the turbulent sixties in Bengal as Uma discovers that the foundation of her mansion is not only very deep but also camouflages the grim specter of tragedy.
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