A House for Happy Mothers, Paperback/Amulya Malladi

A stunning new novel full of wit and warmth from the bestselling author of The Mango Season. In trendy Silicon Valley, Priya has everything she needs a loving husband, a career, and a home but the one thing she wants most is the child she s unable to have. In a Southern Indian village, Asha doesn t have much raising two children in a tiny hut, she and her husband can barely keep a tin roof over their heads but she wants a better education for her gifted son. Pressured by her family, Asha reluctantly checks into the Happy Mothers House: a baby farm where she can rent her only asset her womb to a childless couple overseas. To the dismay of friends and family, Priya places her faith in a woman she s never met to make her dreams of motherhood come true. Together, the two women discover the best and the worst that India s rising surrogacy industry has to offer, bridging continents and cultures to bring a new life into the world and renewed hope to each other. "