Tamarind & the Star of Ishta

From the author of the Costa Award-winning Asha & the Spirit
Bird comes a breathtaking, magical adventure ...
'I
absolutely adored it ... an achingly beautiful story'
SITA BRAHMACHARI

'Atmospheric, dreamy, charged
with wonder and menace, loss, sorrow and delight' TIMES
LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

'A lush, gorgeous setting in
a novel as vivid and original as her Costa-winning debut.' THE
GUARDIAN

'Beautifully written, richly atmospheric
and touchingly spiritual, this brief novel sparkles like a polished
gem' DAILY MAIL

Tamarind never knew her
Indian mum, Chinty, who died soon after she was born. So when she
arrives at her ancestral home, a huge mansion in the Himalayas
surrounded by luxuriant gardens, she's full of questions for her
extended family. But instead of answers, she finds an ominous silence
- and a trickle of intriguing clues: an abandoned hut, a friendly
monkey, a glowing star ring, and a strange girl in the garden
who calls herself Ishta. Slowly, Tamarind unravels a mystery at
the heart of who she is ...