Small Days and Nights

A captivating and original story of family, of the ties that bind and the secrets we bury, set against the vivid and evocative backdrop of modern India

An Irish Times Book of the Year 2019

Escaping her failing marriage, Grace has returned to Pondicherry to cremate her mother. Once there, she finds herself heir to an inheritance she could not have expected – a property on the beaches of Madras, and a sister she never knew she had: Lucia, who was born with Downs Syndrome and has spent her life in a residential facility.

Grace sets up a new and precarious life along the coast of Madras, with Lucia, the village housekeeper Mallika, the drily witty Auntie Kavitha and an ever-multiplying litter of puppies. But Grace's attempts to play house prove first a struggle, then a strain, as she discovers the chaos, tenderness, fury and bewilderment of life with Lucia.

Luminous, funny, surprising and heartbreaking, Small Days and Nights is the story of a woman caught in a moment of transformation, and the sacrifices we make to forge lives that have meaning.

O poveste captivanta si originala a familiei, a legaturilor care leaga si a secretelor pe care le ingropam, asezate pe fundalul viu si evocator al Indiei moderne. O carte irlandeza a anului 2019 Scapand de casatoria ei esuata, Grace s-a intors la Pondicherry pentru a o incinera. mama. Odata ajunsa acolo, ea se gaseste mostenitoare a unei mosteniri la care nu s-ar fi putut astepta - o proprietate pe plajele din Madras si o sora pe care nu a stiut-o niciodata: Lucia, care s-a nascut cu sindromul Downs si si-a petrecut viata intr-o unitate rezidentiala. .Grace isi infiinteaza o viata noua si precara de-a lungul coastei Madrasului, alaturi de Lucia, menajera satului Mallika, matusa draguta si matusa Kavitha si o asternutura tot mai mare de pui.