Shiela Sundar‘s debut novel Habitations is a deeply moving story about motherhood, immigration, and loss. It quickly became a favorite book about motherhood that falls in line with Nightbitch, The Nursury, and The School for Good Mothers.
What makes this book so exquisite is how subtle and supple Sundar’s writing is. She crafts keen dialogue where you feel you’re in the room with her characters talking. She also allows moments of joy and grief to coexist without pushing one out of the way. The world she allows readers to inhabit is informative both emotionally and intellectually.
I caught up with the author with a good old-fashioned phone call to ask about how she tackled motherhood, movement, and grief on the page and what inspired her to write this book.
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