by Veera Hiranandani What Are You? This is a question I’ve received many times in the context of my religious identity. I think many children of interfaith marriages get asked this question. I also don’t consider myself a religious person in the traditional sense and, at first, I wasn’t even sure what to write about [...]
by Leah Henderson The Unconscious Power of Faith Faith and spirituality have always been an important part of my upbringing. Church every Sunday and Wednesday night, Sunday School, Bible study (with a graphic novel Bible), choir, prayers over meals, church picnics, mom singing gospel while she worked, and listening to it over the radio during [...]
"gorgeous storytelling" - The New York Times Book Review "felt throughout like I never wanted to leave Rukku and Viji's sides" - Matthew Winner, Today Show "beautifully rendered tale, both harrowing and heartrending" - San Francisco Chronicle Bridges of Understanding - India Currents A Washington Post Summer Book Club Selection! To sign up for the [...]
5 + 3 = 8 Stars for The Bridge Home ★ "A blisteringly beautiful book" - Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review ★ "exquisitely narrated" - Publishers Weekly, Starred Review ★ "an absorbing novelof love, loss, and resilience - Booklist, Starred Review ★"..stellar...an unforgettable tale" - School Library Journal, Starred Review ★"Hopeful yet heartbreaking...Venkatraman weaves a breathtaking story which takes the [...]
Padma Venkatraman's latest novel, THE BRIDGE HOME, is now available for pre-order. Visit your favorite bookstore, or order online through any distributor, or through the publisher's page, by clicking here: THE BRIDGE HOME, Penguin Random House. "It's Oliver Twist meets Slumdog Millionaire in [The Bridge Home] this tale of homeless children trying to make a life [...]
Padma Venkatraman's next novel, THE BRIDGE HOME, is scheduled for 2019 release from Nancy Paulsen Books. Stay posted! And in the meantime, enjoy her other award-winning novels: A TIME TO DANCE (Starred Reviews in Kirkus, Booklist, VOYA, SLJ and BCCB); ISLAND'S END (Starred Reviews in Kirkus, Booklist, PW and SLJ); and CLIMBING THE STAIRS (Starred [...]
Padma Venkatraman is the author of three award-winning, critically acclaimed novels: A TIME TO DANCE, ISLAND’S END and CLIMBING THE STAIRS. All three were released to three or more starred reviews (accruing a total of 12 starred reviews), and all three were ALA/Yalsa Best Books, Booklist Editor’s Choices, and CCBC choices, in addition to winning [...]
"powerful depiction of a teen girl struggling to recover from an accident" - Chicago Tribune "sure to go on my 'Favorite Books' list...will definitely dance its way through your heart as it did mine” - Denver Post "powerful images and motifs" - The Horn Book "I loved this book...a love story, tragedy and spiritual read [...]
Penguin Random House 978-0-399-25099-6 * "[Venkatraman]...succeeds spectacularly...Uido is a remarkable heroine...as infused with spirituality as this novel is, there is also heart-stopping action...the larger issues of modernity versus tradition offer much to think about...an intricate yet wholly accessible story" - Booklist, Starred Review *"a lovely novel...offering an enticing blend of mystic tradition and imaginative speculation, [...]
Penguin Random House 978-0-14-241490-3 "[A] fine, often heartbreaking first novel" - The Providence Journal "..a passionate story...the central theme of the novel, violence and nonviolence, will appeal to an international audience" - India Currents "...excels in its detailed depiction of a Brahmin girlhood and family life during a time of intense social [...]