I’m Reading: Shambala Junction by Dipika Mukherjee

Shambala Junction by Dipika Mukherjee A spirited account of one of the darker consequences of poverty in India, where babies are sold to orphanages for $25.00 then put up for adoption by wealthy westerners who pay $35,000 for the privilege. An unsentimental yet...

I’m Reading: The Muse by Jessie Burton

The Muse by Jessie Burton Having been slightly under-whelmed by The Miniaturist, Jessie Burton’s stratospherically successful first novel, I approached her second book a little warily. It tells the story of a picture that was painted during the Spanish civil war...