Setting out on a journey, one often sees the path forward as clear and straight, but when that journey intersects with the past, ghosts, sideways pathways, and surprising intersections may appear. Pull up a chair, pour yourself a drink, and dive straight into fiction master Desai’s brief and powerful journey into the pathways both forward and back into a world of family, country, art, and possibility.
Rosarita by Anita Desai, (List Price: $22, Scribner, 9781668082430, January 2025)
Reviewed by Angie Tally, The Country Bookshop in Southern Pines, North Carolina