The new novel by Booker Prize winner Kiran Desai: a luminous family epic set between India and the USA. Sonia studies literature in the snowy mountains of Vermont, while Sunny works as a journalist in New York and dreams of a bright future. When they first meet in their Indian homeland, sparks fly – until they discover that their grandparents once tried to arrange a marriage for them. Caught in the maelstrom of their chaotic families, between tradition and modernity, they lose each other - yet, even years later, they do not give up the search for shared happiness. Nominated for the 2025 Booker Prize On the New York Times list of the 10 best books of 2025 New product