Preethi Nair

‘Dynamite’ Bookseller ‘A witty, evocative read that’ll keep you gripped’ Company Evita Vishavan is stuck in a 9 to 5 job and going nowhere fast. Raised in London to fulfil her parents’ dreams of respectability, Evita yearns for something more. Risking it all, and abandoning her career and life in London, her journey takes her back to her roots in Kerala where she discovers that perhaps what she’s wanted all along, is a little closer to home. What might happen if she dares live her dream? ‘A witty, evocative read that’ll keep you gripped’ Company Praise for Preethi Nair: ‘Packs a powerful punch’ Guardian ‘A genuinely moving novel’ Daily Express ‘Joyful’ Good Housekeeping

'A joyful story' Good Housekeeping

‘A joyful story’ Good Housekeeping For all outward appearances, Nina is the perfect Indian daughter. But underneath, she feels like a fraud. In one day, she caught her secret (white) boyfriend having an affair, she walked out of her lucrative career as a lawyer to become an artist, and to cap it all off, a disturbing encounter with a spiritual guru has her questioning her faith. Unable to face shattering her parents’ ambitions of the perfect arranged marriage, she finally agrees to be matched. But as she dons a suit and pretends to go to work every day, the lies are beginning to stack up. Surely something’s got to give? Praise for Preethi Nair: ‘Packs a powerful punch’ Guardian ‘A genuinely moving novel’ Daily Express ‘A carefully woven tale that’s exceedingly good’ Company ‘A little gem of fiction’ New Woman

Nalini and her children move from India to London, only to be abandoned. Left penniless in an alien culture, Nalini determines to preserve her children's sense of self-worth and tells them their father died in an accident. As their fight for survival begins, whole realities are built on this lie.