The Woman Who Climbed Trees (Paperback) By Smriti Ravindra

The Woman Who Climbed Trees is the haunting, multi-generational debut novel by Smriti Ravindra. It chronicles the life of Meena, a 14-year-old girl from Bihar who marries a Nepali man, uprooting her life as she moves into her in-laws’ home in Nepal. Blending realism with ghost stories, myths, and folk songs, Ravindra explores Meena’s emotional isolation, cultural displacement, and forbidden yearnings as she navigates love, desire, and identity in an unfamiliar land.

The narrative spans three generations—Kaveri, Meena, and Preeti—each grappling with themes of diaspora, longing, and evolving identity within patriarchal constraints. Ravindra’s lyrical prose captures the ache of leaving one’s past and forging a new self, enriched by the folklore and politics of the Indo-Nepal borderlands.

Buy this book from Kitabharu to experience a powerful, lyrical exploration of displacement, memory, and resilience through the eyes of compelling female voices.