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Set around the time of Partition and written with absorbing intelligence and sympathy, Difficult Daughters is the story of a young woman torn between the desire for education and the lure of illicit love. Virmati, a young woman born into a high-minded household, falls in love with a neighbour, the Professor - a man who is already married.
Manju Kapur is the author of six novels. Her first, Difficult Daughters, won the Commonwealth Writers? Prize for Best First Book (Eurasia Section). The Immigrant was shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.
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