Sleeping on Jupiter

Description

Jarmuli: a city of temples, a centre of healing on the edge of the ocean. Nomi, a young girl, is taken from her family and finds herself in an ashram, overseen by a charismatic guru. But Guruji's charm masks a predatory menace, and Nomi faces danger beyond her understanding. Twenty years later, Nomi returns to Jarmuli as part of a documentary film crew. All has changed in a town that she no longer knows, as tourists and market traders bustle, banter and chase their dreams amidst the temples of her youth. Seeking the truth about what happened to her and her family, Nomi finds herself chasing shadows in a town that has reinvented itself. But when she returns to the ashram that haunts her dreams, she discovers some scars cannot be washed away.

Anuradha Roy has worked as a publisher and journalist and is now editor at Permanent Black, an independent press in New Delhi. She was the winner of the Picador-Outlook Non-fiction Prize in 2004, and her first novel AN ATLAS OF IMPOSSIBLE LONGING (2008) has been translated into thirteen languages.

Poetic and evocative. Roy's writing is a joy - Pearl Doherty, Financial Times A vivid evocation of north India. Roy conjures up striking images with the lightest of touches - Sebastian Shakespeare, Tatler A story to lose yourself in. Anuradha Roy is a wonderful writer - Michelle Stanistreet, Daily Express