Chital Mehta: Stretching Cultural Boundaries in Motherhood
Amanda Fields and Holly Rizzuto Palker chat with Chital Mehta, author of Have You Seen Romit?, about raising children across cultures, stretching marital boundaries, and the weight of writing rejection.
When her adopted son disappears into the forests of southern India, Usha defies her husband, leaves the rest of her family, and goes to find him—alone. Have You Seen Romit? is the story of a middle-aged Indian woman who sets out to find her son and discovers, in the search, the full force of who she is.
Chital Mehta is a South Asian writer whose stories center on motherhood, family dynamics…
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