The International Bestseller

In the small Indian town of Totpuram, many of the inhabitants are certifiable eccentrics, and all of them struggle with the hardships and deprivations that are part of Indian life. An advertising man named Sripathi Rao leaves the chaos of Totpuram and travels to Vancouver to claim his suddenly orphaned granddaughter, who is so badly traumatized she cannot speak. Sripathi's attempts to integrate the child into the family and into the life of the town lead to new insights about his role as a father, and to vital changes in the family's troubled life.