Tara Chatterjee, the heroine of Desirable Daughters, isback and ready to embark on the most universal of journeys: a search for herroots. The Calcutta-born but very much American Tara must trace the story of hergreat-great-aunt, Tara Lata. Her search takes her deep into her family history―andinto the history of her ancestral village―unearthing discoveries that aresurprising, shocking and ultimately cathartic.Bharati Mukherjee, long recognized for her elegant, evocativeprose and her sophisticated characters― influenced by ancient customs yetanchored in modern times―has conjured another lively story that will leavereaders longing for the world they have left.