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You Beneath Your Skin
You Beneath Your Skin | Damyanti Biswas
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Lies. Ambition. Family. It’s a dark, smog-choked New Delhi winter. Indian American single mother Anjali Morgan juggles her job as a psychiatrist with caring for her autistic teenage son. She is in a long-standing affair with ambitious Police Commissioner Jatin Bhatt – an irresistible attraction that could destroy both their lives. Jatin’s home life is falling apart: his handsome and charming son is not all he appears to be, and his wife has too much on her plate to pay attention to either husband or son. But Jatin refuses to listen to anyone, not even his lovely younger sister, Maya, to whom he is deeply attached. Across the city there is a crime spree: slum women found stuffed in trash bags, faces and bodies disfigured by acid. And as events spiral out of control Anjali is horrifyingly at the centre of it all … In a sordid world of poverty, misogyny, and political corruption, Jatin must make some hard choices. But what he unearths is only the tip of the iceberg. Together with Anjali he must confront old wounds and uncover long-held secrets before it is too late. ??
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I guessed who the bad guy was the moment he appeared, but it ended up not being the point of this book anyway. It was about accepting yourself and the people around you, moving on from past things and things you can't change. I've never read anything set in India before and I found this thoroughly engaging!

night_shift Half the proceeds from this book go to Chhanv Foundation, which helps acid attack survivors, and the other half is going to Project WHY, which helps underprivileged kids get an education. 4y
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