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Haunted by visions of her recently departed mother…Simran is unable to move on.
Grappling with the growing estrangement of her sister and daughter as well as the disintegration of her marriage, she wonders how her life has come to this.
"A beautiful, haunting story of one family, spanning generations and continents, as they face life's inevitable losses, struggle with grief, and reach for redemption."
- Shilpi Somaya Gowda, New York Times Bestselling author of the Secret Daughter and Golden Son.
Lyrical and heartbreaking, Someone You Love Is Gone is a mesmerizing tale of enduring love and family ties that defy time and space, weaving together the past and present, crossing continents and spanning generations.
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PRAISE for Someone You Love is Gone
"A beautiful, haunting story of one family, spanning generations and continents, as they face life's inevitable losses, struggle with grief, and reach for redemption."
—Shilpi Somaya Gowda, New York Times Bestselling author of the Secret Daughter and Golden Son
“In this brave and beautifully written novel, Gurjinder Basran shines a light into the darkest corners of one family’s emotional inheritance. Grief has the power to remake us, and for Simran and her mother, Amrita, it proves truly transformative, blurring the lines between self and other, home and history—even life and death.”
—Alissa York, author of Fauna and The Naturalist
"Someone You Love is Gone is a touching, interesting look at a family’s ups-and-downs and generational connections."
"Although epic in scope, Someone You Love is Gone is economically and poetically written."
"Someone You Love Is Gone proves Basran knows deeply the ways personal history is etched by time and events."
"The ability alone to weave this moral complexity into her stories makes Gurjinder Basran a novelist worth reading."
"A realistic and emotional portrayal of grief."