Custody
By (Author) Manju Kapur
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
1st February 2012
Main
United Kingdom
Paperback
432
Width 126mm, Height 198mm, Spine 27mm
344g
When Shagun leaves her husband Raman for another man, a bitter legal battle ensues. The custody of their two young children is at stake - and Shagun must decide what price she will pay for freedom.
Raman's new wife is unable to have children of her own, and finds another chance of happiness as a step-mother. But when the courts threaten the security of her new family, she decides she must fight for it - whatever the cost.
Custody is the story of marriages that disintegrate and intertwine - with cruel and heart-rending consequences. Absorbing, moving and beautifully written, it explores the lengths we go to for the ones we love.
Manju Kapur is the author of four novels. Her first, Difficult Daughters, won the Commonwealth Prize for First Novels (Eurasia Section) and was a number one bestseller in India. Her second novel A Married Woman was called 'fluent and witty' in the Independent, while her third, Home, was described as 'glistening with detail and emotional acuity' in the Sunday Times. Her most recent novel, The Immigrant, has been longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. She lives in New Delhi.