That Long Silence
Jaya's world implodes when her husband loses his job amid a corporate scandal. Suddenly, the predictable rhythms of her existence shatter, and the fragile stability she's built begins to crumble. Trapped in her modest Bombay apartment, this once-aspiring author finds herself face-to-face with decades of buried truths. Her marriage, now two decades old, feels suffocating. Her teenage children disappoint her. Unresolved conflicts from her own childhood resurface with startling force. Yet perhaps most damaging is her own wrestling match with unspoken feelings, the words she's never allowed herself to voice, and a deep-rooted anxiety about her own fury. Deshpande crafts a strikingly intimate portrait of a woman caught between who she thought she'd become and the reality before her. It's a novel about the weight of restraint, the cost of pretence, and what happens when a lifetime of swallowed words finally demands to be acknowledged. Raw, unflinching, and profoundly human, this is a story about reclaiming one's voice after years of enforced quiet.
- Author: Deshpande Shashi
- Publisher: Penguin India
- Genre: Indian Writing
- ISBN: 978-0140127232
- Pages: 204 pages