The Laugh of the Goddesses: A Novel

A dark tale of revenge, lust, power, and motherhood set against a reincarnation plot that rises out of the dark corners of modern India.

In a dark alley in a small town in northern India live Veena, her ten-year-old daughter, Chinti, and their many companions—women who work as prostitutes in the town’s shadowy demimonde. Veena is daughter to every woman here. But no one cares for her quite as much as Sadhana, who lives apart with the other hijras—shunned and feared because they were born in...