Category: Fiction
Rights: All rights available
A glamorous address, an immaculate home, a seemingly-perfect family—Radhika Khanna appears to glide through Delhi society.
Yet before dawn she is already on edge, coaxing her hair into place, weighing herself with dread, rehearsing the smile that keeps awkward questions at bay. Inside her marriage to celebrated lawyer Manik Khanna lies a private ledger of rules and punishments; inside her mind, a quiet reckoning gathers force.
When a showdown at her daughter’s school turns Radhika from admired committee head to whispered cautionary tale, fissures spread through the fabric of her carefully managed world: the brittle neighbourhood-mom alliances, the uneasy bond with her yoga teacher friend, the social media glow that masks an ever darker loneliness. As gala weekends and themed dinners hurtle toward a spectacular destination party in Rajasthan, Radhika is confronted with the true price of her perfection.
Shot through with wit, tenderness, and an unsparing eye for the bargains modern mothers strike with ambition, marriage, and one another, Moms explores what happens when a good girl is no longer willing to be good. Perfect for readers who cheered Allison Pearson’s I Don’t Know How She Does It and Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies, this novel asks: how far will we go to look like we’re living the dream, and what might freedom look like on the other side?
The author: Shivani Sibal