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Name: The dark holds no terrors
Author: Shashi Deshpande

📘 The dark holds no terrors by Shashi Deshpande

An Indian woman named Priya leaves her abusive husband and returns to her family home in India. There, she faces the challenges of her brother's death, her late mother's resentment towards her, and her father's aging. She discovers that her family has a history of drowning, and the past is not as it seems.

First publish date: 2009

Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction

Authors: Shashi Deshpande

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