8 women writers of Goan fiction whose work you might enjoy

1. SUNEETA PERES DA COSTA

Homework is an artfully written novel that combines Catholicism, Goan roots and Australian suburbia.

2. MARGARET MASCARENHAS

Packed with accounts of the Portuguese conquest of Goa, Skin brings alive Goa’s more unexplored side.

3. VENITA COELHO

The Washer of the Dead is a collection of powerful and haunting tales linked to women who voice their loves, fears and yearnings.

 4. VATSALA MENDONCA

Shadow of the Palm Tree is a novel that explores the fate of the Abreu family, shaped by the nefarious slave trade the Portuguese introduced in Goa.

5. SAVIA VIEGAS

In Let Me Tell You about Quinta, the author weaves a rich tale of an elite Goan family where bitter family secrets are revealed through their connection to a 200-year-old ancestral home.

6. ROANNA GONSALVES

Sunita De Souza Goes to Sydney is a brilliant collection of stories that explores what it means to be a modern outsider living in Australia in the twenty-first century.

7. SELMA CARVALHO

Set in London, Sisterhood of Swans reveals Anna-Marie’s chaotic childhood and her struggles to find an identity away from her Goan roots.

8. BINA NAYAK

Starfish Pickle takes us through Tara Salgaocar’s life, unravelling an unconvential tale full of adventure, past secrets and unorthodox life choices.

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