Author: Preethi Nair
Publisher: HarperCollins
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 326
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0007143494
Description
Nina is trying to be true to herself. It’s just that she doesn’t want to get caught doing it.
Nina has always played by the rules. So why does she leave her house every morning dressed in a business suit for a job she no longer has?
In a few bad days, she has found herself without a career, a fiancé, or a clue what she’s going to do about it. Nina knows she really wants to paint. But when her work is spotted by a major art dealer, she ahs to think fast-and crease an increasingly elaborate lie. Pressure form her loving but traditional parents and personal dilemmas add further layers of deception, until events begin to take on a momentum of heir won.
But as Nina’s true colours start to come to light, she finally sees what really maters and has to decide whether to follow her heart.
PRAISE FOR PREETHI NAIR
Moving description packs a powerful punch in this book about family, forgiveness and he power of truth.
-Guardian
This book will have you praying for a delayed train.
-Glamour
A little gem of fiction, a mystic and beautifully lyrical book.
-New Woman
This book will have you praying for a delayed train.
-Glamour
A genuinely moving novel.
-Daily Express
She writes evocatively about childhood and there are passages of tight and lyrical immediacy.
-Guardian
A warm-hearted tale of survival.
-The Bookseller