by Kishwar Desai · Simon & Schuster Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781471101489
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«Origins of Love» is the mystery novel by Kishwar Desai, published by Simon & Schuster Ltd in paperback (470 pages, in English).
A baby born through surrogacy is abandoned in Delhi after arriving with a fatal illness. In London, Kate and Ben, who want a child, consider using a surrogate after another miscarriage. Meanwhile, social worker Simran Singh investigates the hidden side of the surrogacy industry and the exploitation of women and children.
Second instalment in the series featuring Simran Singh. Originally published in 2012.
For readers of contemporary fiction and mystery interested in stories with social depth and criticism of exploitation.
Kishwar, Lady Desai is an Indian author and columnist. Her first novel, Witness the Night, won the Costa Book Award in 2010 for Best First Novel and has been translated into over 25 languages. It was also shortlisted for the Author's Club First Novel Award and longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize. Her novel Origins of Love, published in June 2012, was critically acclaimed. The Sea of Innocence, published in 2014 in India as well as in the UK and Australia, was widely discussed as it dealt with the issue of gang rape. Desai also has a biography, Darlingji: The True Love Story of Nargis and Sunil Dutt, to her credit.
