Age of Mondays

Ten-year-old Narois wakes up to find that her mother is preparing to go to a mysterious place - a place neither too far nor too close. It is a motherless Monday. The first of many.

As Narois's father struggles to adapt; as her parents' marriage comes apart; as Narois herself tries to make sense of the goings-on - is her mother having an affair; is she planning to abandon the family forever? - she creeps away into the dark, magical-real Jahanpanah forest to escape. Here, she encounters the Jugnus - legendary healers and weather-workers. Silver Samir, their handsome leader, Mian Pagla who followed the river, Kochi who is bendy when sad, and Velu the gentle murderer mesmerize Narois with their tales; she will do what she can to belong to them. 

It is a world on the brink, where the mother Narois leans on may be unable to protect her and where betrayal can be love in disguise. Age of Mondays is a story of star-crossed friendships and childhood in a trembling, terrifying era.