This novel completes the informal trilogy which began with "Swami and Friends" and "The Bachelor of Arts"
The protagonist, Krishna, is an English teacher at the same college he had attended as a student. Although Krishna has recently married, his wife Susila and their daughter live with his parents-in-law some miles away. The story opens with his immediate family deciding to join him in Malgudi. Krishna is initially frightened by his new state of affairs, but he soon finds that his love for both his wife and child grows deeper than he could have imagined.
- Publisher: Vintage Classics.
- Publishing Date: 1st October 1945.
- Pages: 180.
