The Selector of Souls by Shauna Singh Baldwin

In 1990s rural India, two brave women fight to escape society's oppressive gender roles. Damini, a Hindu widow, lives with her pregnant daughter in a small village, while Anu, a Hindu-Christian, leaves her abusive husband and becomes a nun. As the two come together, working to break the cycle that keeps women under male control, they must make sacrifices and find strength in each other to survive.

The Selector of Souls, Shauna Singh Baldwin, $32.