LOVERS AND THE LEAVERS

In twelve linked stories the characters in The Lovers and the Leavers intersect and drift apart across several years and continents. Komola a maid in a quiet mansion in Dhaka begins a doomed relationship with a handsome mysterious man. Her nephew a gifted little boy in her village nurses a terrible secret and his mother flees ending up by the sea in Chennai. At the other end of the world a Bangladeshi-American woman Rox lusts after a teenager while her best friend the rebellious Ila must choose between love and tradition. Artfully woven with poems and photographs these stories move between India Bangladesh America and Europe. A haunting lyrical collection The Lovers and the Leavers announces the arrival of a formidable talent.