"A sparkling travelogue and a poignant journey of self-discovery all in one. . . . Alka Joshi is simply the best!" — Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of T he Rose Code When renouned painter Mira Novak arrives at Wadia hospital in Bombay after a miscarriage, she s expected to make a quick recovery, and Sona is excited to spend time with the worldly woman who shares her half-Indian identity, even if that s where their similarities end. Sona is enraptured by Mira s stories of her travels, and shocked by accounts of the many lovers she s left scattered through Europe. Over the course of a week, Mira befriends Sona, seeing in her something bigger than the small life she s living with her mother. Mira is released from the hospital just in time to attend a lavish engagement party where all of Bombay society. But the next day, Mira is readmitted to the hospital in worse condition than before, and when she dies under mysterious circumstances, Sona&n