From the critically beloved, bestselling author of The World We Found and The Space Between U s, whom the New York Times Book Review calls a perceptive and .
When Maggie and Lakshmi open up and share long-buried secrets, the revelations will jeopardize their close bond, shake their faith in each other, and force them to confront painful choices..
But while their relationship is deeply affectionate, it is also warped by conflicting expectations.
Determined to empower Lakshmi as a woman who feels valued in her own right, Maggie abandons protocol, and soon doctor and patient have become close friends.
Moved by her plight, Maggie treats Lakshmi in her home office for free, quickly realizing that the despondent woman doesn\'t need a shrink; she needs a friend.
Cut off from her family in India, Lakshmi is desperately lonely and trapped in a loveless marriage to a domineering man who limits her world to their small restaurant and grocery store.
But when she meets a young Indian woman who tried to kill herself, her professional detachment disintegrates.
An experienced psychologist, Maggie carefully maintains emotional distance from her patients. piercing writer, comes a profound, heartbreakingly honest novel about friendship, family, secrets, forgiveness, and second chances. . .
From the critically beloved, bestselling author of The World We Found and The Space Between U s, whom the New York Times Book Review calls a perceptive and
