When her father falls into a coma, Indian American photographer Sonya
reluctantly returns to the family she'd fled years before. Since she
left home, Sonya has lived on the run, free of any ties, while her
soft-spoken sister, Trisha, has created a perfect suburban life, and her
ambitious sister, Marin, has built her own successful career. But as
these women come together, their various methods of coping with a
terrifying history can no longer hold their memories at bay.
Buried secrets rise to the surface as their father--the victim of
humiliating racism and perpetrator of horrible violence--remains
unconscious. As his condition worsens, the daughters and their mother
wrestle with private hopes for his survival or death, as well as their
own demons and buried secrets.
Told with forceful honesty, Trail of Broken Wings reveals the burden
of shame and secrets, the toxicity of cruelty and aggression, and the
exquisite, liberating power of speaking and owning truth.