Save the Date: Wed. April 23rd at 8pm ET

A Girl Within A Girl Within A Girl, Nanda Reddy’s debut, is published by Zibby Publishing. I am so excited to talk with Nanda next month. Pick up a copy today and plan to join us! Email jen@booknationbookclub.com to sign up and you will receive the zoom link the day before!

Goodreads Summary

A girl takes on a series of identities to survive, shrouding herself in layers of secrets, until years later she is forced to reckon with her past.

On an ordinary day in an upscale Atlanta suburb, Maya is making breakfast for her two sons, when her husband drops a red-and-blue striped envelope on the counter and asks a devastating Who is Sunny?

Maya is sent reeling back to her childhood in Guyana—a time when Sunny was her only name. Unbeknownst to her husband, Maya is not who she claims to be. The letter, from her long-lost sister Roshi, now threatens to expose her true identity and shatter the seemingly perfect existence Maya worked so hard to build.

As she frantically weighs the impact of the truth on her future, Maya relives the harrowing details of her past—her journey to America on the “backtrack,” the shock of being delivered into the hands of an abusive family while being severed from her own, and her many evolutions of self as she struggles to find a path forward against all odds.

This striking debut transports the reader from the sugar cane fields of Guyana to the world of immigrant laborers in Miami to the affluent suburbs of Atlanta. Nanda Reddy takes us on a wrenching journey of assimilation, survival, and reinvention that explores the very construct of identity and the resilience of the human spirit.

About the Author

Nanda Reddy is a Guyanese-American writer, former fourth-grade teacher, and part of an enormous extended family who mostly live in Florida. Her father is one of seventeen siblings; her mom is one of nine; she has over fifty first cousins. They know her as Bobby.

In her teaching days, she co-wrote 180 DAYS TO SUCCESSFUL WRITERS, a day-to-day writing curriculum best suited for elementary classrooms. 

She loves visiting off-the-grid places with her husband and two teenage boys. To clear her mind, she runs or plays with watercolors. But her most favorite thing to do is read!

Book Nation Book Club Zoom Event

Book: A Girl Within a Girl Within A Girl
When: Wednesday, April 23rd, 8pm ET
Where: Zoom (link to be emailed the day before the event)
Special Guest: Nanda Reddy
Host and Moderator: Jennifer Blankfein
Facilitator: Luisa Tanno
How to Join: Email jen@booknationbookclub.com today to request the link and contribute questions for the author. Link will be provided the day before and the day of the event.