New York: Doubleday, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this author who was born in Canada but grew up in India. Opening in 1937 in India, it is set "against the backdrop of changing Anglo-Indian relations; sometimes the political bleeds into the personal, as the novel juxtaposes India's struggle for independence with the smaller outrages and betrayals Satya and Roop suffer at their husband's hands--and each other's." (Sheila Bright) Winner of the Commonwealth Writers regional prize (Caribbean and Canada) for Best Book and long listed for the Orange Prize. Map frontispiece. 471 pp. ISBN: 0-385496044.