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KAREN’S BOOK REVIEW

A Guardian and a Thief

★★★☆☆

Reviewed November 8, 2025 · General & Literary Fiction

A Guardian and a Thief unfolds over one stressful week in a near-future, climate-changed Kolkata. Two families on a collision course—one mother desperate to protect her child and leave for the U.S. is robbed, and a thief, who wants to help his family, spirals as desperation closes in. He steals her purse not knowing her U.S. passports to a new life are in…

Published by Knopf

Happy reading,
Karen