Shobha Rao

SHOBHA RAO moved to the U.S. from India at the age of seven. She is the winner of the 2014 Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Fiction, awarded by Nimrod International Journal. She has been a resident at Hedgebrook and is the recipient of the Elizabeth George Foundation fellowship. Her story "Kavitha and Mustafa" was chosen by T.C. Boyle for inclusion in the Best American Short Stories 2015. She lives in San Francisco. An Unrestored Woman is her debut.
Girls Burn Brighter
Shobha Rao
Flatiron Books
Flatiron Books
Best Book of the Year: The Washington Post, NPR, Shelf Awareness, Paste, LitHub, Real Simple
2018 Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist: Best Fiction
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An Unrestored Woman
Shobha Rao
Flatiron Books
Flatiron Books
A debut of astonishing scope and lyricism: searing, intimate portraits of men and women whose lives have reached tipping points.
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