Someone You Love Is Gone - by Gurjinder Basran (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

From the Back Cover

Haunted by visions of her recently departed mother, Simran is unable to move on. Grappling with the growing estrangement of her sister and daughter as well as the disintegration of her marriage, she wonders how her life has come to this. As the life she has carefully constructed unravels, she is forced to confront one of her most painful childhood memories--her parents sending her younger brother away from home.

Woven throughout are memories of Simran's mother as a young woman in 1960s India. Her world had seemed beautiful and full of hope then. But when an unexpected tragedy occurs, the results will have repercussions for generations to come.

As the ghosts from the past clamor for attention, the only way to put them to rest may be for Simran to dig deeper into her family history and close the circle that was left open when her family was torn apart.

Lyrical and heartbreaking, Someone You Love Is Gone is a mesmerizing tale of enduring love and family ties that defy time and space, weaving together the past and present, crossing continents and spanning generations.

Review Quotes

"A heartfelt story of family and self-exploration to which Basran adds depth with scattered cultural and historical references and a touch of mysticism." -- Booklist

Praise for Everything Was Gone: "A tender novel about identity and the search for belonging that is both humorous and heartbreaking. In Meena, Basran has created a feisty, complicated and irrepressible heroine." -- Thrity Umrigar

"In this brave and beautifully written novel, Gurjinder Basran shines a light into the darkest corners of one family's emotional inheritance. Grief has the power to remake us, and ...it proves truly transformative, blurring the lines between self and other, home and history--even life and death." -- Alissa York, author of Fauna and The Naturalist

"A beautiful, haunting story of one family, spanning generations and continents, as they face life's inevitable losses, struggle with grief and reach for redemption." -- Shilpi Somaya Gowda, New York Times bestselling author of Secret Daughter and The Golden Son