'The Vine Of Desire' is the story of Anju and Sudha, two young women far from Calcutta, the city of their childhood, and who after a year of living separate lives are rekindling their friendship in America.
The deep-seated love they feel for each other provides the support they need: it gives Anju the strength to pick up the pieces after a personal tragedy, and Sudha the confidence to make a life for herself and her baby daughter, Dayita - without her husband.
The unlikely relationships they form with men and women in the world outside the immigrant Indian community as well as their families in India profoundly transform them, especially when they must confront the deeply passionate feelings that Anju's husband has for Sudha . . .
'The Vine Of Desire' is a novel of extraordinary depth and sensitivity, revealing the rewards and the perils of breaking free and the often contradictory emotions that shape the passage to independence.
