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Author

Renita D'Silva

Renita D’Silva loves stories, both reading and creating them. Her short stories have been published in ‘The View from Here’, ‘Bartleby Snopes’, ‘this zine’, ‘Platinum Page’, ‘Paragraph Planet’ among others and have been nominated for the ‘Pushcart’ prize and the ‘Best of the Net’ anthology. She is the author of ‘Monsoon Memories’, ‘The Forgotten Daughter’, ‘The Stolen Girl’, ‘A Sister’s Promise’, ‘A Mother’s Secret’, ‘A Daughter’s Courage’, ‘Beneath An Indian Sky’.

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Title:

The Spice Maker's Secret (MP3)

Written by:

Renita D'Silva 

Read by:

Nikki Patel 

Format:

Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book 

Number of CDs:

1 

Duration:

13 hours 37 minutes 

MP3 size:

594 MB 

Published:

February 28 2024 

Available Date:

February 28 2024 

Age Category:

Adult 

ISBN:

9781038666086 

Genres:

Fiction; Historical Fiction 

Publisher:

Bolinda audio 

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AUD$ 34.95

AUD$ 34.95

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The Spice Maker’s Secret is an utterly unforgettable and heartbreaking story about love, betrayal and one woman’s extraordinary sacrifice.

1939, India. Bindu holds her baby close, listening to the monsoon raging outside. She tries to hide her tears behind her sari as she hands her baby into a stranger’s arms, wondering if she will ever see her child again … When their small savings run out, Bindu reluctantly accepts an offer of marriage from the landlord’s entitled and often unpredictable son. In return, he promises to provide medical care for her beloved grandmother, but alone in a world she doesn’t understand, Bindu is desperately lonely. She soon finds solace in writing recipes and creating new spice mixes, but when her husband finds out, he lashes out in a jealous rage. Heavily pregnant, her husband confines Bindu to her room alone. 1990, London. Eve’s most treasured gift from her adopted father is an Indian recipe book. As she begins to grind and mix the spices penned so carefully in the recipes, she wonders if the crumbling pages in this book could hold the key to uncovering her past. Will finding her birth family, lost for so long, help Eve to find her place in the world, or will it tear her apart?

'A delightful story, with riveting characters and a mystery guaranteed to tease and tantalise the reader right till the end. And what a feast for the senses – Renita D'Silva is a genius at evoking the sounds, sights and aromas of India.' (on Monsoon Memories)
Linda Kavanagh, #1 bestselling author of Never Say Goodbye

'Given the theme of a mother’s sacrifice, the novel is indeed, as mentioned in the tagline, “heart-wrenching" ... D’Silva presents Indian settings both perfectly and evocatively, as a native of that land would.' (on The War Child)
Historical Novel Society