When I Hit You: Or, a Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife Birthmarked Trilogy A native of Sonoma County

A native of Sonoma County in California's wine country

for anyone who loved the drama of Rosamunde Pilcher's The Shell Seekers or the lush settings of Kate Morton's novels

She lives and writes in London

while showcasing the talents of a promising young playwright who "in a] very modern way is] making a rather old-fashioned case for the power of the written word" (Jason Zinoman

When I Hit You: Or, a Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife Birthmarked Trilogy A native of Sonoma CountySHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018 LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2018 A BEST BOOK OF 2017 Financial Times The Guardian The Daily Telegraph The Observer "Meena Kandasamy's vivid, sharp and precise writing makes a triumph of When I Hit You." The Guardian Set in modern India, the unnamed narrator falls in love with a university professor and agrees to be his wife. Based on the author's own