Well-Behaved Indian Women follows Simran Mehta who has always felt harshly judged by her mother when it comes to her little "writing hobby". Simran questions her predetermined future as a psychologist and engagement with her high school sweetheart when a respected journalist enters her life. The novel follows the complex, yet beautiful generational relationship between mother and daughter. Inspired by the strong women in her own life, Saumya Dave wanted to write a book that demonstrated the resilience and vulnerabilities of South Asian immigrants and the inevitable difficulties they face trying to build a new life from the ones they left in their homelands.
Well-Behaved Indian Women is available on Waterstones