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Secret Daughter, by Shilpi Somaya Gowda, follows the story of Maya and Laxmi. They make their way through life in two very different parts of the world but with one very similar secret. They’re both daughters from relationships their mothers had before marriage. Set in India and California, the book chronicles their struggles to understand each other and themselves. While dealing with cultural differences and societal pressures. Throughout it all, they learn that family isn’t always what you’re born into, it’s who you choose to have around you.

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Overview About “Secret Daughter” by “Shilpi Somaya Gowda”

Secret Daughter is a heartwarming tale about an Indian-American family set in South Africa, India, and America. The novel centers around a family torn apart by adultery, greed and kidnapping. . . . When I heard my sister was kidnapped from her school grounds. I never imagined that it would make me face many of my own life’s truths. How much we don’t know about those closest to us. Years later with some luck on our side, we found out where she was hidden. And what had happened to her in all those years when she was gone. Despite being reunited with her family, my sister still struggled to remember us until one day while reading a book that triggered another memory that changed everything between us forever.

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Reviews About “Secret Daughter” by “Shilpi Somaya Gowda”

I have just finished reading Secret Daughter and am still on a bit of an emotional high from it! What a great story and so well written. I loved reading about India, as I had never been there before. The characters are all so real. You don’t feel like they are just characters in a book, but instead, people that you want to know better. This is y first book by Shilpi, but it won’t be my last.

About “Shilpi Somaya Gowda” the author of “Secret Daughter”

Dr. Gowda has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and is licensed as a Clinical Psychologist, with over 25 years of experience in clinical practice. She lives in Seattle with her husband and daughter, though much of her family still lives in Bangalore, India where she was born and raised. Though Secret Daughter is Dr. Gowda’s first novel, she has written five non-fiction books about parenting for Indian-American families as well as articles for magazines including Parents magazine and India Currents. Her inspiration for Secret Daughter comes from her own story.