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Finding Belle

By: Reeta Chakrabarti
Narrated by: Dinita Gohil
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'A gripping story of family betrayal, full of passion and anger … moving and memorable' Rose Tremain

‘Harrowing, poignant and ambitious … a definite for book clubs’ Nina Bhadreshwar

What will it take to uncover her past?

A lost child.

When Mivvi is young, her mother Belle is a puzzle: beautiful, troubled, and, terrifyingly, increasingly disconnected from the world.

A displaced mother.

Belle came to England upon her marriage, a whirlwind romance from the beaches of Mombasa to the English suburbs. But far from friends and family, her life and love affair began to crumble.

A family secret.

As Mivvi grows up in the shadow of her mother's illnesses and her father's absences, she must reconnect the pieces that her mother scattered. Can she uncover the secrets clouding their past – and in doing so rewrite her own story?

Travelling from the beaches of Mombasa to the suburbs of England and then on to the teeming streets of Kolkata, a powerful story of mothers and daughters, betrayal and madness and a child who must forge her own identity.

©2025 Reeta Chakrabarti (P)2025 HarperCollins Publishers Family Life Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Emotionally Gripping

Critic reviews

‘[A] moving tale of love, loss and identity… a compelling novel about family secrets and the search for belonging’ Woman’s Weekly

‘A tender story of family, secrets, betrayal and identity’ The i Paper

‘A portrait of confusion and divided loyalties … deeply moving’ Bee Rowlatt, One Woman Crime Wave
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Well written and well narrated. All characters were clearly defined and credible. Look forward to Reeta Chakrabarti's next offering

Well written debut novel

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I am skeptical of celebrities or people in the media writing novels but I thought I would give this a go. I’m afraid I found it all rather slow & repetitive, more like an autobiography than a novel. It perked up towards the end when the main character went to India in search of the truth about her mother’s family. But I’m sorry to say that overall I found that book rather dull & depressing.

Turgid!

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