Imaginary Rain

Michelin-starred chef Vikas Khanna's 40th book is his first novel--the tale of a Manhattan chef and her return to her motherland

Prerna, a woman now in her fifties, has been running an Indian restaurant in downtown Manhattan for two decades. She is on the cusp of a midlife crisis, and her life indeed unravels when she suddenly loses her son, her lease, and with these, her passion for cooking as well. Caught in the grip of newly awakened emotions, Prerna finds herself confronted by many haunting questions from her past, which take her back to her motherland, India. And so begins an intensely personal struggle that will lead Prerna to forgive herself, escape her past and rediscover her true passion for cooking.

This novel is a celebration of life as well as an immigrant's story of survival, forgiveness and moving on.