The House of Hidden Mothers: A Novel
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Shyama, a forty-eight-year-old London divorcée, already has an unruly teenage daughter, but that doesn't stop her and her younger lover, Toby, from wanting a child together. Their relationship may look like a cliché, but despite the news from her doctor that she no longer has any viable eggs, Shyama's not ready to give up on their dream of having a baby. So, they decide to find an Indian surrogate to carry their child, which is how they meet Mala, a young woman trapped in an oppressive marriage in a small Indian town from which she's desperate to escape. But, as the pregnancy progresses, they discover that their simple arrangement may be far more complicated than it seems. In The House of Hidden Mothers, Meera Syal, an acclaimed British actress and accomplished novelist, takes on the timely but underexplored issue of India's booming surrogacy industry. Western couples pay a young woman to have their child and then fly home with a baby, an easy narrative that ignores the complex emotions involved in carrying a child.
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Syal, M. (2016). The House of Hidden Mothers: A Novel. [United States], Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Syal, Meera. 2016. The House of Hidden Mothers: A Novel. [United States], Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Syal, Meera, The House of Hidden Mothers: A Novel. [United States], Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
MLA Citation (style guide)Syal, Meera. The House of Hidden Mothers: A Novel. [United States], Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
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