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Tell It to the Trees by Anita Rau] Anita Rau Badami is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Tell It to the Trees about?
One freezing winter morning a dead body is found in the backyard of the Dharma family's house. It's the body of Anu Krishnan. For Anu, a writer seeking a secluded retreat from the city, the Dharmas' "back-house" in the sleepy mountain town of Merrit's Point was the ideal spot to take a year off and begin writing. She had found the Dharmas' rental through a happy coincidence. A friend from university who had kept tabs on everyone in their graduating year - including the quiet and reserved Vikram Dharma and his first wife, Helen - sent her the listing. Anu vaguely remembered Vikram but had a strong recollection of Helen, a beautiful, vivacious, social and charming woman. But now Vikram had a new wife, a marriage hastily arranged in India after Helen was killed in a car accident. Suman Dharma, a stark contrast to Helen, is quiet and timid. She arrived from the bustling warmth of India full of the promise of her new life - a new home, a new country and a daughter from Vikram's first marriage. But her husband's suspicious, controlling and angry tirades become almost a daily ritual, resigning Suman to a desolate future entangled in a marriage of fear and despair. Suman is isolated both b
Who reads Tell It to the Trees?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Anita Rau] Anita Rau Badami
- Publisher
- Knopf Canada
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780307366740
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Thriller, Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.48 / 5 (876 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14