![]() ![]() The Direction of the Wind is a novel that took me by surprise. Will she be able to find Nita? And if so, can Sophie rebuild a relationship with her? Review Why did Nita leave them? Desperate for answers, Sophie goes to Paris in search of her long-lost mother. But in 2019, shortly after her dad has passed away, she finds out that her mother actually ran away. Sophie Shah has grown up thinking her mother died in 1998. In 1998, she leaves her small family behind so she can start over in Paris, France. Her whole life has been laid out for her, but she’s ready to finally choose her own path. She has no agency, didn’t even get to choose her husband, and feels unable to fully love her daughter. ![]() However, she’s always dreamed of more and is dissatisfied with her life. Nita Shah is married and has a six-year-old daughter, Sophie she lives in relative luxury in Ahmedabad, India. ![]() Special thanks to NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing for providing me with an ARC of this book! Summary Following a mother and daughter traveling from India to France two decades apart, it’s a novel about women coming of age and discovering who they really are. I admit that I went into this book blind (something I’ve been doing more frequently lately), but I was instantly absorbed into this beautiful and impactful story. Following her first book, The Taste of Ginger, Mansi Shah is back with her second novel, The Direction of the Wind. ![]()
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