Runaway GroomRavinder Singh
A Place Called Home
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In the windowless, cramped servant's room at Mrs Shetty's luxurious house, where her mother is a maid, Alka dreams of an escape. When Mrs Shetty decides to send her to the same school as her daughter, she works hard, moulding herself into a new avatar.
She marries Subbu, a coffee grower with a four hundred acre estate. Between taking care of her heritage home, her two young daughters and her fabulous relationship with her mother-in-law, Alka's life feels complete.
But when secrets about her past that she has fiercely guarded are exposed, they threaten to destroy her life. To protect all that she has, Alka must fight her demons and travel back to the world she worked so hard to leave behind.
A Place Called Home is a novel about secrets, family, and finding yourself, from bestselling author Preeti Shenoy.
© 2022 HarperCollins India (Audiobook): 9789394407121
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Audiobook: 10 August 2022
A Place Called Home
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In the windowless, cramped servant's room at Mrs Shetty's luxurious house, where her mother is a maid, Alka dreams of an escape. When Mrs Shetty decides to send her to the same school as her daughter, she works hard, moulding herself into a new avatar.
She marries Subbu, a coffee grower with a four hundred acre estate. Between taking care of her heritage home, her two young daughters and her fabulous relationship with her mother-in-law, Alka's life feels complete.
But when secrets about her past that she has fiercely guarded are exposed, they threaten to destroy her life. To protect all that she has, Alka must fight her demons and travel back to the world she worked so hard to leave behind.
A Place Called Home is a novel about secrets, family, and finding yourself, from bestselling author Preeti Shenoy.
© 2022 HarperCollins India (Audiobook): 9789394407121
Release date
Audiobook: 10 August 2022
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Sakshi
18 Jan 2024
A place called home is a story of Alka's struggle to find herself an a home. Her constant struggle as a maid's daughter in Mrs. Shetty's house is a constant reminder to the society which differentiates on the basis of class. Though Alka finds a home and heritage after marrying Subbu, a tea estate owner, her past secrets brings her to a place where she might lose everything again . Will she be able to live a normal life after that???
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