by Kate Wheeler
First published 2000
Althea Barnes arrives in 1940s India and finds herself drawn to both the country and a Hindu priest. Their connection unfolds against the backdrop of a nation in transition. Decades later, her granddaughter travels to Peru and begins a relationship with a revolutionary fighting against the established order. The two women's stories mirror each other across time and continents. Both face the pull between desire and duty, between foreign worlds and familiar ones. Wheeler connects their experiences through the choices they make about love and the prices they pay for following their hearts across cultural boundaries.
Genres: romance, historical-fiction, 20th-century, adventure, 21st-century, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: cross-cultural, dual-timeline, fish-out-of-water
Setting: India, Peru
Period: 1940s, Decades Later
375 pages · Hardcover · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt