Under the Tamarind Tree: A beautiful novel of friendship, hidden secrets, and loss

Under the Tamarind Tree is a story of love tested by moral dilemmas and the beauty and fragility of childhood friendships, set in 1964 Karachi, Pakistan. Rozeena's medical career is threatened, and her childhood best friends' lives are unraveling due to social standing differences. When someone ends up dead, Rozeena receives a call to look after a friend's granddaughter, unearthing buried secrets and ruining everything she has worked hard to protect.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 25 April 2024
Publisher: Bedford Square Publishers

Rozeena, a medical student in Karachi, Pakistan, faces the threat of losing her home and her parents' safe haven if her medical career doesn't take off soon. Meanwhile, her childhood best friends, Haaris, Aalya, and Zohair, are facing their own challenges. The once small and inconsequential differences between their families' social standing now threaten to divide them, and one fateful night, someone ends up dead, shattering their life. Rozeena receives a call from a voice she never thought she'd hear again, asking her to look after a friend's teenage granddaughter. This unconventional friendship unearths buried secrets and threatens to ruin everything Rozeena has worked so hard to protect. Under the Tamarind Tree is a captivating and atmospheric novel that explores the high-stakes ripple effects of generational trauma and the lengths people will go to safeguard the ones they love.

Weight: 222g
Dimension: 199 x 129 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781915798695