In Torikhola in the western midhills of Nepal, Kanchhi, the only daughter of her single mother, is at odds with the rules and customs of her hamlet and opposes the shame imposed on her ambitions and curiosity. One November morning she leaves home, and that is the last anybody sees of her. A decade later, Maiju still prays for her daughter’s return.
This heart-wrenching coming-of-age story follows Kanchhi and her mother negotiating life and societal pressures in rural Nepal. And as much as the book looks closely at women’s place in Nepali society, it also captures the realities of life in the hamlet Kanchhi is from, and the socio-political reasons for Kanchhi’s disappearance.
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