Author Event: SCENT OF A GARDEN by Namrata Patel, In Conversation with Karen Winn

When:
Wednesday, Sep 20, 2023 6:00p -
7:30p

Where:
Beacon Hill Books
71 Charles St
Boston, MA 02114

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Admission:
FREE

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Event website:
https://bhbooks.gatherlearning.com/events/scent-of-a-garden-by-namrata-patel-in-conversation-with-karen-winn

Join Beacon Hill Books and acclaimed local novelist Namrata Patel as she discusses her new novel Scent of a Garden, in conversation with Karen Winn, author of Our Little World. This event is free and open to the public, with a Q&A and book signing to follow the program. Books will be available to purchase at the event. 


About the Book


A perfumer in Paris is forced to return to her California roots in an exhilarating novel about family, self-discovery, and taking risks by the author of The Candid Life of Meena Dave.


The daughter of proud Napa Valley hoteliers, Asha “Poppy” Patel chose a different line as a Paris perfumer, gifted with a nose for fragrances and business. Until her heightened sense of smell disappears. Her career in jeopardy, her world now muted, Poppy returns home. Maybe tending to her grandmother’s massive aromatic garden, where Poppy’s gift first flowered, will bring restorative hope.


But when she arrives, Poppy discovers that the land upon which the beautiful garden once thrived has been uprooted and destroyed. She realizes that the years she spent away from her home have loosened so many ties with the past. Torn between a mother who lives vicariously through her and a father who wants her to embrace her family’s legacy, Poppy is determined to chart her own path of rediscovery.


Poppy must juggle family drama, childhood friendships, and a former love to forge a future of her own choosing and, in time, heal an unscented life.


About the Author


‌Namrata Patel is an Indian American writer who resides in Boston. The author of The Candid Life of Meena Dave, she examines diaspora and dual-cultural identity among Indian Americans in her writing and explores this dynamic while also touching on the families we’re born with and those we choose. Namrata has lived in India, New Jersey, Spokane, London, and New York City and has been writing most of her adult life. For more information visit www.nampatel.com.


About the Interlocutor


Karen Winn received her MFA from Fairleigh Dickinson University. She also holds a doctoral degree in nursing. Born and raised in New Jersey, Karen now lives in Boston with her husband and two children. Our Little World is her first novel.

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