Tamarind & the Star of Ishta (Paperback / Softback)Jasbinder Bilan

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From the author of the Costa Award-winning Asha & the Spirit Bird comes a breathtaking, magical adventure … ‘I absolutely adored it … an achingly beautiful story’ SITA BRAHMACHARI’Atmospheric, dreamy, charged with wonder and menace, loss, sorrow and delight’ TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT’Beautifully written, richly atmospheric and touchingly spiritual, this brief novel sparkles like a polished gem’ DAILY MAILTamarind never knew her Indian mum, Chinty, who died soon after she was born.

So when she arrives at her ancestral home, a huge mansion in the Himalayas surrounded by luxuriant gardens, she’s full of questions for her extended family. But instead of answers, she finds an ominous silence – and a trickle of intriguing clues: an abandoned hut, a friendly monkey, a glowing star ring, and a strange girl in the garden who calls herself Ishta. Slowly, Tamarind unravels a mystery at the heart of who she is …