"In the Convent of Little Flowers" is a volume of short tales about contemporary Indian women caught between tradition and modernity includes the story of a young Indian woman, adopted and raised by an American family, who is entreated by her biological family to prevent the wrongful execution of a young widow. With lush prose, vividly rendered settings, complex and appealing characters, and compelling narratives, Sundaresan brings together that both embrace and reject modern values with an authenticity that only a writer of her caliber could do.