Secret Daughter, a first novel by Shilpi Somaya Gowda, explores powerfully and poignantly the emotional terrain of motherhood, loss, identity, and love through the experiences of two families—one Indian, one American—and the child that binds them together/5(K). · Secret Daughter, a first novel by Shilpi Somaya Gowda, explores powerfully and poignantly the emotional terrain of motherhood, loss, identity, and love through the experiences of two families—one Indian, one American—and the child that binds them together. · Secret Daughter Author: Shilpi Somaya Gowda. On the eve of the monsoons, in a remote Indian village, Kavita gives birth to a baby girl. But in a culture that favors sons, the only way for Kavita to save her newborn daughter’s life is to give her away.
Secret Daughter Shilpi Somaya Gowda. cries of their daughter taking her first few breaths in this world. Kavita knew, in that terrible moment, they would also be her last. The midwife pushed her gently back down. "Let him go, my child. Let him go now. It is done. It is Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda. In her engaging debut, Gowda weaves together two compelling stories. In India in , destitute Kavita secretly carries her newborn daughter to an orphanage, knowing her husband, Jasu, would do away with the baby just as he had with their firstborn daughter. In I had described Toronto-born Shilpi Somaya Gowda's first novel, Secret Daughter, as "emotionally poignant" in a review for this newspaper; more aptly, it felt like the epitome of "mom-lit.
Secret Daughter Author: Shilpi Somaya Gowda. On the eve of the monsoons, in a remote Indian village, Kavita gives birth to a baby girl. But in a culture that favors sons, the only way for Kavita to save her newborn daughter’s life is to give her away. Kavita see's a groupd of men on the street and they mae her feel self-concious and degraded. She realizes men do not care how they make women feel. Shilpi Somaya Gowda Right to Life, Liberty, and Personal Security Kavita gives birth to a baby girl She is discriminated for not. SECRET DAUGHTER. by Shilpi Somaya Gowda ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 9, Fiction with a conscience, as two couples worlds apart are linked by an adopted child. Gowda’s debut opens in with poor Indian village-dweller Kavita giving birth to a second daughter. When her first was born, husband Jasu immediately arranged the child’s death.
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