The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die

Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay

The Aunt Who Wouldn't Die
Format
Hardback
Publisher
John Murray Press
Country
United Kingdom
Published
11 July 2019
Pages
176
ISBN
9781529391008

The Aunt Who Wouldn’t Die

Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay

At eighteen, Somlata married into the Mitras: a once noble Bengali household whose descendants have taken to pawning off the family gold to keep up appearances.         

When Pishima, the embittered matriarch, dies, Somlata is the first to discover her aunt-in-law’s body - and her sharp-tongued ghost.         

First demanding that Somlata hide her gold from the family’s prying hands, Pishima’s ghost continues to wreak havoc on the Mitras. Secrets spilt, cooking spoilt, Somlata finds herself at the centre of the chaos. And as the family teeter on the brink of bankruptcy, it looks like it’s up to her to fix it.         

The Aunt Who Wouldn’t Die is a frenetic, funny and fresh novel about three generations of Mitra women, a jewellery box, and the rickety family they hold together.

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