At the age of twelve Rukmini daughter of a village priest is wed to Sarangan a sophisticated journalist seventeen years her senior Although this stranger would take her away from the only life shes known Rukmini has been raised to treat her parents intentions as her own Though loneliness consumes her she comes to love him and finds happiness as a young wife and mother Thus begins her lucky life When tragedy strikes Rukmini is left alone to navigate the outside world to fend for herself and her children surviving in a hostile and unforgiving society In this poignant debut S Priyadarsini weaves an intricate tale of a womans search for love acceptance and triumph in a society where a woman is a mere extension of her father husband or sonseen but not heard