A review by em_beddedinbooks
The Dark Holds No Terrors by Shashi Deshpande

4.0

My first book by this author and I was impressed. This is a dark story with psychological undertones. A woman who comes back to her paternal home after her mother's death faces her inner demons. Her mother was a cold woman who seemed to loathe her as she thinks her responsible for her brother's death by drowning, and who had ostracised her after marrying a lower caste good for nothing fellow. The father is meek and low profile, though he sticks up for his daughter on one or two occasions. There is a young boy who is now staying with her father as a paying guest, and they all set up into daily routine soon.
I loved reading the book and would be on the lookout for other works by this author.