All Our Evenings

In 1990s Hyderabad, three teenagers—Arjun, Ruhee and Ganesh—forge an unexpected bond. Over the course of a single sun-drenched summer, they discover love, friendship and solace from their troubled families. They also discover the Red House, an abandoned house in their neighbourhood, which becomes the site of their intimate friendship. But one night at the Red House, an unexpected act of violence shatters their lives forever. A decade later, Ruhee returns to Hyderabad, and Arjun, who has never forgotten his first love, is given a chance to tell the truth, both to himself and to those around him . But the tangled threads of fate, class and desire remain, as does a lacerating secret. By turns tender and unsettling, Ruthvika Rao’s All Our Evenings is a deeply affecting novel about youthful passion, redemption and the people we can never let go.