Sujata Massey
Mistress of Bhatia House Paperback Book
“Refund was approved and back in my account the same day.” - Deliver+ customer
India, 1922 Perveen Mistry is the only female lawyer in Bombay, a city where child mortality is high, birth control is unavailable and very few women have ever seen a doctor. Perveen is attending a lavish fundraiser for a new womens hospital specialising in maternal health issues when she witnesses an accident. The grandson of an influential Gujarati businessman catches firebut a servant, his young ayah, Sunanda, rushes to save him, selflessly putting herself in harms way. Later, Perveen learns that Sunanda, whos still ailing from her burns, has been arrested on trumpedup charges made by a man who doesnt seem to exist. Perveen cannot stand by while Sunanda languishes in jail with no hope of justice. She takes Sunanda as a client, even inviting her to live at the Mistry home in Bombays Dadar Parsi colony. But the joint family household is already full of tension. Perveens father worries about their law firm taking so much personal responsibility for a client, and her brother and sisterinlaw are struggling to cope with their new baby. Perveen herself is going through personal turmoil as she navigates a taboo relationship with a handsome former civil service officer. When the hospitals chief donor dies suddenly, Miriam Penkar, a JewishIndian obstetrician, and Sunanda become suspects. Perveens original case spirals into a complex investigation taking her into the Gujarati strongholds of Kalbadevi and Ghatkopar, and up the coast to Juhu Beach, where a decadent nawab lives with...
Binding: Paperback;432 pages; Publisher: Soho Press; Classification: FF; Weight: 520 g; Dimensions: 210 x 140 x 25
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India, 1922 Perveen Mistry is the only female lawyer in Bombay, a city where child mortality is high, birth control is unavailable and very few women have ever seen a doctor. Perveen is attending a lavish fundraiser for a new womens hospital specialising in maternal health issues when she witnesses an accident. The grandson of an influential Gujarati businessman catches firebut a servant, his young ayah, Sunanda, rushes to save him, selflessly putting herself in harms way. Later, Perveen learns that Sunanda, whos still ailing from her burns, has been arrested on trumpedup charges made by a man who doesnt seem to exist. Perveen cannot stand by while Sunanda languishes in jail with no hope of justice. She takes Sunanda as a client, even inviting her to live at the Mistry home in Bombays Dadar Parsi colony. But the joint family household is already full of tension. Perveens father worries about their law firm taking so much personal responsibility for a client, and her brother and sisterinlaw are struggling to cope with their new baby. Perveen herself is going through personal turmoil as she navigates a taboo relationship with a handsome former civil service officer. When the hospitals chief donor dies suddenly, Miriam Penkar, a JewishIndian obstetrician, and Sunanda become suspects. Perveens original case spirals into a complex investigation taking her into the Gujarati strongholds of Kalbadevi and Ghatkopar, and up the coast to Juhu Beach, where a decadent nawab lives with...
Binding: Paperback;432 pages; Publisher: Soho Press; Classification: FF; Weight: 520 g; Dimensions: 210 x 140 x 25
Extended returns Orders placed after 29th October 2026 can be returned until 5th January 2027
Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back. When you purchase Debenhams Deliver+, you will have an extra 14 days on top of our standard 21-day window to initate a return.
Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.
Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.
Click here to view our full Returns Policy.
Sujata Massey
Mistress of Bhatia House Paperback Book
“Refund was approved and back in my account the same day.” - Deliver+ customer
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