Program Type:
Book DiscussionAge Group:
AdultsProgram Description
Event Details
Come talk books with other bibliophiles! This book group will meet on the second Tuesday of the month. Limited copies of the current selection will be available at the Lending Desk. Registration is not required.
This month we will be reading "The Widows of Malabar Hill" by Sujata Massey.
Perveen Mistry has just joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Perveen also has a tragic personal history that makes her especially devoted to championing and protecting women's legal rights. Mistry Law has been appointed to execute the will of a wealthy Muslim mill owner who has left three widows behind. As Perveen is going through the paperwork, she notices something strange: all three of the wives have signed over their full inheritance to a charity. The widows live in strict seclusion, never leaving the women's quarters or speaking to any men. Are they being taken advantage of by an unscrupulous guardian? Perveen tries to investigate, and realizes her instincts about the will were correct when tensions escalate to murder. Now it is her responsibility to figure out what really happened on Malabar Hill, and to ensure that no innocent women or children are in further danger.