The Two Families of Jack Singh (Novels)

“What on earth were he on about, thinking finding out this way were better? Why would us finding out about them have been better than us not ever knowing? Oh Dad, you got it so wrong, so bloody wrong!”

An Indian saga set in Orkney.
When a father’s double life is discovered after his death, huge emotions are experienced by his family. Peace and understanding are the watch words for the deceived wife who contemplates the enormous burden and strain keeping his secret life hidden must have been. But how can the children deal with this?
The tale combines the issues that arise from the merging of different cultures across generations, resulting in a potent clash of emotions from anger and division through to hope and optimism. The storyline draws from the author’s experiences as the son of immigrants from India, facing up to racial tensions in his youth and in supporting patients as a GP who had faced similar familial upheavals.