Sex Is Forbidden: A Novel

Sex is forbidden at the Dasgupta Institute, the Buddhist retreat where Beth Marriot has taken refuge. Beth has been working as a server in the kitchen, assisting the clients while also practicing meditation to calm her demons. Like the clients who pay to be there, the servers must observe the rules, and silence and separation of the sexes are chief among them.

But Beth is at a crossroads in her life. She came here torn between two lovers, estranged from her parents, and overwhelmed with guil...