The Illuminated Ages 7 and up All Alayna has to do

All Alayna has to do is keep quiet about a scheme to burn down buildings for insurance-hungry “clients

When her older sister

and who he really is when the cameras are off

The weeks before were filled with dreams of loss

and engrossing anecdotes from mentorship sessions with adopted youth

The Illuminated Ages 7 and up All Alayna has to doAgainst a rising tide of fundamentalism in India, a mother and daughter lose the most important man in their lives. Shashi, fifty something and suddenly widowed, tries to contact her only daughter, Tara, to break the news, but cannot reach her. As Shashi confronts her loss, she finds, amidst grief, unexpected new freedoms. Meanwhile, Tara, a spoiled but brilliant university student, has retreated to Dharamsala to deal with the fall out from an ill