“Shroff cleverly considers how women might achieve autonomy within rural India’s patriarchal society through shrewd, if complicated, female friendships.” —The Washington Post
“… an original, memorable, and endearing story. At times deeply serious, then laugh-out-loud funny, Parini Shroff has written a sobering but hopeful exploration of womanhood, social injustices, and second chances.”
—Charmaine Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake
“A radically feel-good story about the murder of no-good husbands by a cast of unsinkable women.”
—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)
“An intermittently absurd, feminist revenge caper about a group of snarky, much-abused, predominantly Hindu wives … sheer gutsy verve.” —Claire Allfree, The Times
“Brimming with laugh-out-loud moments!” —Téa Obrecht, author of The Tiger’s Wife
“… And there’s a dog! What’s not to love?” —CrimeReads
“… an original, memorable, and endearing story. At times deeply serious, then laugh-out-loud funny, Parini Shroff has written a sobering but hopeful exploration of womanhood, social injustices, and second chances.”
—Charmaine Wilkerson, New York Times bestselling author of Black Cake
“A radically feel-good story about the murder of no-good husbands by a cast of unsinkable women.”
—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)
“An intermittently absurd, feminist revenge caper about a group of snarky, much-abused, predominantly Hindu wives … sheer gutsy verve.” —Claire Allfree, The Times
“Brimming with laugh-out-loud moments!” —Téa Obrecht, author of The Tiger’s Wife
“… And there’s a dog! What’s not to love?” —CrimeReads