Escaping her failing marriage in the United States, Grace Marisola has returned to Pondicherry to cremate her mother.
Grace\'s attempts to leave her old self behind prove first a struggle, then a strain, as she discovers the chaos, tenderness, fury, and bewilderment of life with Lucia..
Once there, she receives an unexpected inheritance--a house on the beaches of Madras--and discovers an older sister she never knew she had: Lucia, who has spent her life in a residential facility.
Escaping her failing marriage in the United States, Grace Marisola has returned to Pondicherry to cremate her mother