Trail of Broken Wings, Sejal Badani
Trail of Broken Wings, Sejal Badani
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Trail of Broken Wings

Author: Sejal Badani

Narrator: Karen Peakes

Unabridged: 10 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 05/01/2015

Categories: Fiction, Family Life, Women


Synopsis

When her father falls into a coma, Indian American photographer Sonya reluctantly returns to the family she’d fled years before. Since she left home, Sonya has lived on the run, free of any ties, while her soft-spoken sister, Trisha, has created a perfect suburban life, and her ambitious sister, Marin, has built her own successful career. But as these women come together, their various methods of coping with a terrifying history can no longer hold their memories at bay.Buried secrets rise to the surface as their father—the victim of humiliating racism and perpetrator of horrible violence—remains unconscious. As his condition worsens, the daughters and their mother wrestle with private hopes for his survival or death, as well as their own demons and buried secrets.Told with forceful honesty, Trail of Broken Wings reveals the burden of shame and secrets, the toxicity of cruelty and aggression, and the exquisite, liberating power of speaking and owning truth.

About Sejal Badani

Sejal Badani is a former attorney. She currently lives on the West Coast with her family and their two dogs.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ceecee on December 07, 2019

Absolutely brilliant. This isn't the type of novel I would usually go for but I'm so glad I did. It is beautifully written and though it is a very difficult subject matter it is written very sympathetically. This story of a wife's and daughters abuse at the hands of their husband/ father is written......more

Goodreads review by Kavita on May 07, 2017

I hate giving this book a low rating since Sejal Badani has written this from experience, and it is semi-autobiographical. The writing of abuse must have been cathartic for her, as writing and art often is. This is even a plot point in the book. But despite this, I did not think this was a good book......more