Mangoes for Monkeys - Paperback

by Radhika Vyas Sharma (Author)

Spanning eight decades, Mangoes for Monkeys tells the story of its protagonist Suchitra and her promise to the monkeys in her sylvan childhood home. From pre-independence India to the year 2000, Mangoes for Monkeys catalogues Suchitra's life journey as a woman, mother, wife, artist and photographer. Weaving a tapestry of emotions and relationships, Radhika Vyas Sharma, keeps the focus on Suchitra and her metamorphosis from an unsure teenager to a wise woman of the world. Additionally, whether Suchitra's monkeys will get to feast on mangoes in the thick of winter makes for a surprise and nail-biting finish.

Author Biography

Radhika Vyas Sharma is the author of Parikrama: a collection of short stories and is currently at work on a novel. Radhika received her MFA in Creative Writing from the San Francisco State University. Notable honors include a teaching assistantship at San Francisco State University, a stint as Assistant Fiction Editor at 14 Hills: San Francisco State Graduate Literary Journal. Postgraduate work includes VONA: Voices of our Nation Foundation Workshops at UC Berkeley and Vermont Post Graduate Writer's Conference. Radhika's writing credits include reviews and features for The San Francisco Chronicle, The San Jose Mercury News, The Times of India, The Economic Times, KQED FM's Forum, Pacific Time and Perspectives, India Currents and several others: A short story Daddy Cool was featured in The Santa Clara Review, Spring 2010. Another story, Just a Photograph was showcased by Kearny Street Workshop in APAture 2013: Window into the work of Emerging Asian Pacific Artists.