Anjana Appachana was born and educated in India, where she did her BA (Hons) in English at Delhi University and her MA in Sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University. After working in India for a few years, she went on to do her MFA in Creative Writing at Penn State. Subsequently, she has been living both in the US and in India. Appachana's book, Incantations & Other Stories, was published in the UK, India, the US, Germany and France, and her novel Listening Now, in the US, India and France. Her short stories have been published in various journals, anthologies and magazines. Appachana is a recipient of the National Endowment of the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship and an O. Henry Festival prize.
Trauma, forgiveness, hope, marriage and the shame around mental
health are all explored in this beautiful, complex and funny story
set in 1970s New Delhi. It's the first novel from Appachana in 20
years and one to be savoured
*Stylist (Big Fiction Books for 2023)*
Tender and poignant
*Woman's Weekly*
Love, longing, terror and healing all come into play in Anjana
Appachana's New Delhi set novel, Fear and Lovely
*The Handbook (a 'best new book release arriving this month')*
A story written with confidence and panache, sprinkled with
humour
*TripFiction*
Some novels melt your heart. For me, this is one of them. Anjana
Appachana's Fear and Lovely is beautiful, wise, funny and deeply
moving. It's bursting with emotion, truth, secrets and love, all
written with such insight and tenderness. I loved it
*RACHEL ELLIOTT*
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