The New Novel From The Bestselling Author Of That Long Silence <br><br>The Narrator In The Binding Vine Is The Clever, Sharp-Tongued Urmi, Grieving Over The Death Of Her Baby Daughter And Surrounded By, But Rebuffing, The Care Of Her Mother And Her Childhood Friend, Vanaa.<br><br>Instead, She Becomes Caught Up In The Discovery Of Her Long-Dead Mother-In-Law'S Poetry, Written When She Was A Young Woman Subjected To Rape In Her Marriage; And In Kalpana, A Young Woman Hanging Between Life And Death In A Hospital Ward, Also The Victim Of Rape.<br><br>Yet, In This Web Of Loss And Despair Are The Glimmerings Of Hope. Shashi Deshpande Explores With Acuity And Compassion The Redemptive Powers Of Love.