The Storyteller's Secret Summary and u0026 Study Guide.NOTE: This is a summary guide and is meant as a companion to, not a replacement for, the original book.Fr?m th? bestselling ?uth?r ?f Tr??l of Broken W?ng? comes ?n ???? ?t?r? of th? unrelenting f?r?? ?f l?v?, the ??w?r ?f healing, ?nd th? ?nv?n??bl? desire t? dr??m. N?th?ng ?r???r?? Jaya, a N?w Y?rk journalist, f?r th? h??rtbr??k of h?r th?rd m????rr??g? ?nd the slow unr?v?l?ng ?f her m?rr??g? ?n its w?k?. D????r?t? to assuage h?r deep anguish, she decides t? g? t? India to uncover ?n?w?r? to h?r f?m?l?'? ???t. Intoxicated b? the sights, smells, and ??und? ?h? ?x??r??n???, J??? b???m?? an eager ?tud?nt of th? ?ultur?. But it is Ravi-her grandmother's f?rm?r ??rv?nt ?nd tru?t?d confidant-who reveals the r???l??n??, ?truggl??, secret love, ?nd tr?g?? f?ll of J???'? ???n??r?ng gr?ndm?th?r during the Br?t??h ???u??t??n. Through h?r courageous gr?ndm?th?r'? arrestingly r?m?nt?? ?nd h??rt-wr?n?h?ng ?t?r?, J??? d????v?r? th? l?g??? b??u??th?d t? h?r ?nd a ?tr?ngth that, until n?w, she n?v?r kn?w w?? ?????bl?. EXCERPTPrologue Tw?nt? percent ?f women m????rr?. Eighty ??r??nt ?f them lose the b?b? ?n the f?r?t tw?lv? w??k? ?f their pregnancy. If ??u ?r? ?v?r th?rt? ???r? old then ??u h?v? a tw?lv? percent ?h?n?? ?f miscarrying. Every ???r ?f ?g? added ?ft?r th?t ?n?r????? ??ur chances by percentage ???nt?. I ??n r???t? th??? ?t?t??t??? ?nd more b? h??rt. I have r????r?h?d th?m ?ndl???l? ??n?? w? f?r?t started tr??ng. Th?t w?? ?v?r f?v? ???r? ?g?. S?n?? then I h?v? ???nt ??untl??? h?ur? in th? l?br?r? ?nd on the ?nt?rn?t h???ng for a n?w study ?r drug that ?m?r?v?? th? ?dd?. But the r??ult? ?r? ?lw??? the same - for every b?b? b?rn there ?r? m?n? th?t n?v?r r???h g??t?t??n. For ?v?r? w?m?n wh? juggles a child in h?r ?rm? there is ?n? who ???rn? f?r the cry ?f a child t? ??mf?rt. For ?v?r? family th?t f?ll? a home there are those who w?ll never b???m? parents. Tw?nt? ??r??nt ?f women miscarry. E?ght? ??r??nt ?f th?m lose the b?b? ?n the f?r?t twelve w??k? ?f their ?r?gn?n??. If you ?r? ?v?r thirty years old then ??u h?v? a twelve percent ?h?n?? of m????rr??ng. Every ???r of ?g? added after th?t ?n?r????? ??ur ?h?n??? b? percentage ???nt?.