Geeta's husband disappeared five years ago, and rumors suggest she had a hand in his death. When a neighbor asks for help to rid herself of her abusive husband, Geeta becomes entangled in a plan that challenges her understanding of friendship, justice, and her own past.
What is the book about?
For Geeta, life as a widow is more peaceful than life as a wife. Until the other women in her village decide they want to be widows, too. Geeta is believed to have killed her vanished husband - a rumour she hasn't bothered trying to correct, because a reputation like that can keep a single woman safe in rural India. But when she's approached for help in ridding another wife of her abusive drunk of a husband, her reluctant agreement sets in motion a chain of events that will change the lives of all the women in the village.