The Storyteller’s Secret - Summarized for Busy People: A Novel: Based on the Book by Sejal Badani

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A young New York journalist named Jaya is desperate to stifle her sorrow after being heartbroken by her third miscarriage and her faltering marriage. She resolves to go to a rural village in India where the legacy and the secrets of her family’s past are waiting to be discovered.

Completely entranced by India’s sights, tastes, and sounds, Jaya decides to spend some time and learn more about the country’s vibrant culture. Jaya meets a man named Ravi—her late grandmother’s servant turned friend and confidant—who tells her about her grandmother’s pioneering spirit and the remarkable life she had lived.

Through her grandmother’s tragic yet heartwarming tale about love and being in the face of adversity, Jaya finds within herself strength and resilience that she had not known was there all along.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Goldmine Reads
• Release date: Mar 20, 2019
• ISBN: 9788832546101

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THE STORYTELLER’S SECRET

Summarized For Busy People

A Novel

Based on the Book by Sejal Badani

Goldmine Reads

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TABLE OF CONTENT

THE STORYTELLER’S SECRET

BOOK OVERVIEW

ABOUT THIS BOOK SUMMARY

SETTING

STORY PLOT ANALYSIS

LIST OF KEY CHARACTERS

Main Characters

Secondary Characters

ANALYSIS OF KEY CHARACTERS

CHAPTER SUMMARIES

PROLOGUE

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

CHAPTER SIX

CHAPTER SEVEN

CHAPTER EIGHT

CHAPTER NINE

CHAPTER TEN

CHAPTER ELEVEN

CHAPTER TWELVE

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

CHAPTER NINETEEN

CHAPTER TWENTY

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

CHAPTER THIRTY

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

CHAPTER FORTY

CHAPTER FORTY-ONE

CHAPTER FORTY-TWO

CHAPTER FORTY-THREE

CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR

CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE

CHAPTER FORTY-SIX

CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN

CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT

CHAPTER FORTY-NINE

CHAPTER FIFTY

CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE

CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO

CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE

EPILOGUE

MOTIFS

BOOK THEME

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BOOK OVERVIEW

Sejal Badani’s The Storyteller’s Secret is a tragic yet inspiring novel about two women continents and generations apart. Fifteen to twenty percent of all pregnant women suffer from miscarriage. A successful journalist named Jaya is one of them. Women who have had miscarriages usually have normal pregnancies afterwards, but not Jaya. In a span of five years, she had miscarried three consecutive times. She mourned each time, and she was repeatedly reminded that she would never have the family she had dreamed of.

Patrick, Jaya’s husband and an accomplished attorney, did his best to comfort her. Expressing grief was difficult for Patrick because he had to be strong for Jaya. Following the third miscarriage, the obstetrician spoke to Patrick about Jaya’s medical condition. Jaya, who was still under the influence of anesthesia, came to interrupt their conversation and asked how soon she would be able to try again. Patrick was still reeling from the loss of their third child, so he was shocked when Jaya seemed to have already decided on another pregnancy without considering how he felt about it. Patrick announced that he was unsure whether he wanted another try. This pained Jaya, and it showed how much they have disconnected from their relationship and each other.

A heartbroken Patrick found comfort in the arms of one of his colleagues who, unfortunately, was one of Jaya’s most trusted friends. The strain in their marriage grew overwhelming, so they decided to part ways. Jaya thought that their current relationship could no longer be mended when she discovered Patrick’s infidelity. A reluctant Patrick wanted a divorce while Jaya decided to move back into her parents’ home in New York’s upscale suburbia in hopes of healing from the hurt of her devastated marriage and multiple miscarriages.

Jaya was welcomed by her loving father with whom she had shared a close bond. Her father was a renowned physician, and he had missed parts of Jaya’s childhood in pursuit of his career. Jaya had often been left under the