Overview
In Varuna, a devout Catholic fishing community in Bombay, life centers around Our Lady of the Navigators, the local church. The fishing boats go out for a catch; with luck, they return with a full boat, though sometimes they do not return at all. It is a town driven by church and sea, sea and church.
Francis Almeida and young Celia D'Mello meet one day when she cuts school. Celia has lost one of her shoes and can't go to her strict Catholic school in sandals, but is too afraid to tell her parents they'll need to buy her new ones; Francis—a retired history professor who is slowly becoming senile—accidentally runs into her with his bicycle. This accident binds these two families together in unexpected ways.
We follow them, and their community, over the years through domestic changes, births, deaths, and political upheaval, in a novel that depicts love, loss, and family bonds, as well as a subtly devastating portrayal of the way AIDS infiltrated marriages, and the stigmas it carried with it. More than a decade in the making, with indelible characters, this novel is a beautiful invitation into a close-knit world.
This book title, The Unbroken Coast (A Novel), ISBN: 9781400042777, by Nalini Jones, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group (August 12, 2025) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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