After the firebombing of her house in San Francisco compels ,Tara Chatterjee to undertake a search for her roots. In tracing the story of her great-great-aunt Taralata, who was married to a tree in India at the age of five, Tara discovers an ancestry that will change her future as much as it has shaped her past. 

A historical novel about heritage and identity, The Tree Bride is an exploration of how the forgotten past can forge a new future.

 

About The Author:

 

Bharati Mukherjee is a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, she is the author of eight novels, two short story collections, and the co-author of two books of non-fiction.