Goodreads Best Fiction Finalist and Amazon Charts and USA Today BestsellerWhen her father falls into a coma, Indian American photographer Sonya reluctantly returns to the family she’d fled years before. Since she left home, Sonya has lived on the run, free of any ties, while her soft-spoken sister, Trisha, has created a perfect suburban life, and her ambitious sister, Marin, has built her own … built her own successful career. But as these women come together, their various methods of coping with a terrifying history can no longer hold their memories at bay.
Buried secrets rise to the surface as their father–the victim of humiliating racism and perpetrator of horrible violence–remains unconscious. As his condition worsens, the daughters and their mother wrestle with private hopes for his survival or death, as well as their own demons and buried secrets.
Told with forceful honesty, Trail of Broken Wings reveals the burden of shame and secrets, the toxicity of cruelty and aggression, and the exquisite, liberating power of speaking and owning truth.
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Oh I love this book. Sometimes tragedy is damaging but can also teach us and make us who we are today. We all have secrets and when the time is right it can change lives forever when they are revealed.
Have your tissues at the ready. This one was hard to get through. I had to take frequent breaks because it hit a little too close to home for me, it wasn’t entirely like pages out of my journals, but I could sympathize with the family.
Aside from that, I felt the story was well told. I would tell friends and family to read it should they ask.
Will read more by this author.
A really inspirational book
Trails of broken wings, my second book by Sejal Badani and I have to say I love her words!!
Trails of broken wings was a rollercoaster of emotions, so many situations that really make my heart ache but at the same time, I love so many beautiful moments between the women of this story..
“Even though not every story ends with a happy ending or …
This book had well developed characters that portrayed well the inner workings of an abusive, dysfunctional family. It covered the deep dark secrets and burdens of each family member and how each coped in their own way. This is an excellent read.
I liked this book because it told a story about abuses that in some cultures seems to be nornal. It speake of cultural differences and changes. It tells of over coming the terrors and horrors of abuses in the most enlightening way. It is the overcoming part of the story that I found most inspirational and engaging.
A mother and her daughters struggle with the psychological trauma inflicted by an abusive husband-father. A difficult book to read. It focused completely on their broken, dysfunctional lives, which made the ending seem rather disproportionate.
this was the second book I read from the same writer. Great story, well build up.
Goes in detail in the thinking and feelings, of the family it is about.
Was sorry when it was finished. Kept me up at night.