In the Foothills of the Himalayas: Sarah Hussain

 

ECO THRILLER/HISTORICAL FICTION

 

Born in the Raj era under British rule, Vidhya grows up observing her father fight for a free India. She witnesses catastrophic flooding as a result of deforestation by order of a powerful English company, and begins to understand the importance of preserving the forest. When Vidhya uncovers a conspiracy that puts her in great jeopardy, she courageously leads a group of women on a non-violent protest and they embrace the trees. But at what cost?

The book will be published in the summer of 2023 by RiverRun, an imprint of Foreshore Publishing.

Sarah Hussain is a Huddersfield based author and educator. Her novella, ‘Escaped from Syria’ was a winner finalist in the People’s Book Prize Award. In 2018 she won the Ms Shakespeare competition in Yorkshire and was commissioned to write a monologue, which was performed on International Women’s day. She was shortlisted in a competition run by The University of Huddersfield, and her short story, You will be free one day, my dearest India, is included in the anthology ‘Trouble’, published by ‘Grist’.