The acclaimed author of The Space Between Us—still a favorite with local book groups—and The Weight of Heaven returns to Orinda Books to discuss her new novel, a beautifully written story of four women and the unbreakable ties they forged when they were university students in Bombay in the turbulent 70s. Over the subsequent thirty years their paths changed as the demands of work and family tempered the revolutionary ardor they once shared. When they reconnect, their reunion brings a confrontation between their early ideals and their lives in a compromised present.
Thrity Umrigar’s new novel offers an unforgettable portrait of modern India—a nation struggling to bridge economic, religious, gender and generational divides. The World We Found is a dazzling masterwork from this remarkable author who we are delighted to welcome again to the Orinda Bookstore.