Difficult Daughter

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Blurb:
Twenty-two-year-old aspiring actor Savari Joshi uses her acting abilities to outsmart her husband and escape a violent arranged marriage in the United States. She lands at her family home in Mumbai, longing for the safety of her mother’s warm embrace, but instead gets her father, who glares at her with murder in his eyes. Saving face is everything to him, and if she gets divorced, she will destroy his reputation.

Armed with grit and more Bollywood trivia than a Wikipedia entry, she persuades a hard-nosed producer to hire her as an assistant. Her mother is there with her every step of the way, cheering on her new independence. Then Savari gets the chance to audition for a starring role in a film, which she’s always wanted to do, and she even rekindles a friendship with her old flame, who is now a highly successful Bollywood director. But there’s only one problem: in order to protect his standing in their conservative society, her father is scheming with Savari’s abusive ex to send her back to America. And when Savari’s beloved mother suffers a heart attack, Savari must choose: pursue the life of her dreams and never see her mother again, or go back to the life of misery she worked so hard to escape.

Genre: Women's Fiction

Word Count: 83,000