About the Book: Do Not Ask the River Her Name
When an accident leaves her husband bedridden, Ruth leaves her home in search of
a job to look after her family. From the highlands of Wayanad, she goes to the
deserts of Riyadh and Dubai, and after many trials and tribulations, eventually
arrives in Nazareth, Israel, where she finds work as a caregiver. Here, she
experiences the historical Holy Land, beloved to many religions, up close-its
culture, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the condition of the people of Palestine-and
comes to terms with her own wounds of exodus. In her beguiling, transporting new
novel, Sheela Tomy weaves together the