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Sisters of a Halved Heart

A Novel

Contributors

By Nayantara Roy

Formats and Prices

On Sale
Jun 2, 2026
Page Count
384 pages
Publisher
Algonquin Books
ISBN-13
9781643757698

Price

$29.00

Price

$39.00 CAD

From the author of the highly acclaimed The Magnificent Ruins comes the electric story of two sisters who have to navigate a terrible betrayal from within their family. 

Indian-American Mira Guhathakurta is a poetry editor at a distinguished literary magazine in New York. She reconnects with Jack, an old acquaintance from college, and feels as if she might have found her soulmate. All that remains is for Jack to meet her family: her beloved father and sister Joy, a high-powered lawyer. But when Joy commits an unthinkable act of betrayal, the sisters are impossibly fractured and their father’s heart is broken. As the sisters navigate their tumultuous relationship and Mira starts over, it turns out that Joy isn’t the only one who has been or continues to be dishonest.

In a propulsive story of love and passion and the ultimate pull of family, Sisters of a Halved Heart examines the lengths we will go to in order to make our own narratives of love work out, the lies we tell ourselves, and the ways in which the truth, often right in front of you, can be impossible to see.


Nayantara Roy

About the Author

Nayantara Roy was born in Kolkata and lives in Los Angeles. Her debut novel The Magnificent Ruins was a New York Times Editor’s Choice novel of 2024, an LA Times Editor’s Pick, a Washington Post Best Book, a People Magazine Best Book and an Apple best debut. The book is currently being adapted for television. In 2018, Roy won the Rick DeMarinis Short Story Prize for her short story, “8C.” Her plays have been performed internationally, in the UK, and India. By day, she is the Senior Vice President of Television at Sandbox Entertainment where she acquires and develops original scripted series. 

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