As binge-worthy as a miniseries, this lover's knot of a novel delves into the entangled lives of its ensemble cast

Estela struggles in her relationships and in her professional life due to the loss of her brother at a young age. Ash, Estela’s estranged best friend, loves Estela unrequitedly and must come to terms with being bisexual in the context of his traditional Indian immigrant family. Ophélie works through PTSD and the emotionally abusive romantic relationship she was in as a teen. Roman is an academic whose pain post-divorce leads him to seek out younger women—his students—in the #MeToo era.

In her signature spare, poetic style, Bindu Suresh unfurls their lives and the relationships that drive them together and tear them apart. Travelling from Montreal to Ottawa to Toronto – and as far as New York, Beijing, and Buenos Aires – and spanning the first two decades of the twenty-first century, The Road Between Us is an episodic novel that explores why we make the decisions we do and the effects those decisions have on the people we love.

A former journalist and current paediatrician, Bindu Suresh is the author of short stories that have appeared in various literary publications. She studied literature at Columbia University and medicine at McGill University. Born in Wales, she grew up in Canada and has spent equal parts of her life in Saskatchewan, Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec. She currently lives in Montreal.

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Praise for Bindu Suresh's Previous Work

"A buzzy, new novel-in-stories that you won't want to miss out on reading."―Bustle

“Such a good read. Fast. And rich and dark and passionate. SO MANY FEELS.”―Jael Richardson, CBC Radio's Q Book Columnist

"Shakespearean in its execution."―THIS Magazine

"One of the most striking Canadian literary debuts of the year."―Montreal Gazette

"Suresh’s focus on her characters’ realistic fixations, loaded
choices, impulsive actions, and inner turmoil relentlessly draws the
reader into the stories."―Canadian Literature

"To call this novel a page-turner is an understatement... Suresh’s prose is sumptuous and lyrical."―Montreal Review of Books

"Bindu Suresh writes with the shine and force of a guillotine carrying us swiftly through the entanglements of love."―Claudia Dey, author of Daughter