Season's Savings | ₹5/mo for 3 months

₹199/month after first 3 months. Renews automatically. Terms apply.
Some People cover art

Some People

A Novel

Preview
Get this deal Free with 30-day trial
Offer ends on 28 December, 2026.
Prime logo
Only ₹5/month for first 3 months.
Get 1 credit per month to use on any title of your choice.
Listen to anything from the Plus Catalogue—thousands of audiobooks, podcasts, and Audible Originals.
₹199/month after first 3 months. Cancel anytime. Renews automatically. Offer ends 28 December, 2026.
1 credit a month to use on any title to download and keep
Listen to anything from the Plus Catalogue—thousands of Audible Originals, podcasts and audiobooks
Download titles to your library and listen offline
₹199.00 per month after 30-day trial. Cancel anytime.

Some People

Written by: Parini Shroff
Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
Free with 30-day trial Free with 30-day trial

₹199.00 per month after 30-day trial. Cancel anytime.

₹199.00 per month after 30-day trial. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for ₹970.91

Buy Now for ₹970.91

About this listen

Malti Patel is absolutely fine. Concussed and bruised, maybe, but fine. Certainly fine enough not to need her daughter's soon-to-be-ex-husband, Nathan Whitlock, playing nurse in her home while she recuperates from a would-be assault. And yet that's exactly the quandary in which she finds herself. Her doctor insists on in-home supervision for seven days, and with Malti's daughter, Kavya, abroad at grad school in India, Nathan proves too much of a do-gooder to let her rehabilitate alone. Seven days of Nathan, the man divorcing her daughter for all manner of reasons: cultural misunderstanding, emotional walls, simmering hostility . . . most of them having to do with Kavya's baggage from her childhood.

Malti and Nathan want nothing to do with each other. But over the course of the week, as Malti grapples with the shadows of her past and Nathan ponders the wreckage of his marriage, they learn that they are the two people who know Kavya best-and the ones who have hurt her so deeply that she has left them both.

Rich with emotional depth and sparkling with humor, Some People paints a nuanced portrait of love, forgiveness, and our timeless quest for understanding and acceptance.

City Life Genre Fiction United States Urban World Literature
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_t1
All stars
Most relevant
Some People is a roller coaster of emotions, moving from humorous to deeply moving. The dynamic between the son-in-law and mother-in-law is portrayed so well, with tension giving way to understanding as they realize that what matters most is Kavya's happiness. The glimpses of Kavya's relationship with her father and the society around her in India add real depth, and the themes of acceptance and starting over are handled beautifully. I truly enjoyed the journey from start to finish. It made me cry at one moment and laugh at the next.

Witty, humorous, griping, emotional

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.