The Road Between Us
Bindu Suresh
As binge-worthy as a miniseries, this lover's knot of a novel delves into the entangled lives of its ensemble cast.
Estela struggles in her relationships and in her professional life due to the loss of her brother at a young age. Ash, Estela’s estranged best friend, loves Estela unrequitedly and must come to terms with being bisexual in the context of his traditional Indian immigrant family. Ophélie works through PTSD and the emotionally abusive romantic relationship she was in as a teen. Roman is an academic whose pain post-divorce leads him to seek out younger women—his students—in the #MeToo era.
In her signature spare, poetic style, Bindu Suresh unfurls their lives and the relationships that drive them together and tear them apart. Travelling from Montreal to Ottawa to Toronto – and as far as New York, Beijing, and Buenos Aires – and spanning the first two decades of the twenty-first century, The Road Between Us is an episodic novel that explores why we make the decisions we do and the effects those decisions have on the people we love.
Bindu Suresh
As binge-worthy as a miniseries, this lover's knot of a novel delves into the entangled lives of its ensemble cast.
Estela struggles in her relationships and in her professional life due to the loss of her brother at a young age. Ash, Estela’s estranged best friend, loves Estela unrequitedly and must come to terms with being bisexual in the context of his traditional Indian immigrant family. Ophélie works through PTSD and the emotionally abusive romantic relationship she was in as a teen. Roman is an academic whose pain post-divorce leads him to seek out younger women—his students—in the #MeToo era.
In her signature spare, poetic style, Bindu Suresh unfurls their lives and the relationships that drive them together and tear them apart. Travelling from Montreal to Ottawa to Toronto – and as far as New York, Beijing, and Buenos Aires – and spanning the first two decades of the twenty-first century, The Road Between Us is an episodic novel that explores why we make the decisions we do and the effects those decisions have on the people we love.
Bindu Suresh
As binge-worthy as a miniseries, this lover's knot of a novel delves into the entangled lives of its ensemble cast.
Estela struggles in her relationships and in her professional life due to the loss of her brother at a young age. Ash, Estela’s estranged best friend, loves Estela unrequitedly and must come to terms with being bisexual in the context of his traditional Indian immigrant family. Ophélie works through PTSD and the emotionally abusive romantic relationship she was in as a teen. Roman is an academic whose pain post-divorce leads him to seek out younger women—his students—in the #MeToo era.
In her signature spare, poetic style, Bindu Suresh unfurls their lives and the relationships that drive them together and tear them apart. Travelling from Montreal to Ottawa to Toronto – and as far as New York, Beijing, and Buenos Aires – and spanning the first two decades of the twenty-first century, The Road Between Us is an episodic novel that explores why we make the decisions we do and the effects those decisions have on the people we love.
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Praise for Bindu Suresh's Previous Work
"A buzzy, new novel-in-stories that you won't want to miss out on reading."―Bustle
“Such a good read. Fast. And rich and dark and passionate. SO MANY FEELS.”―Jael Richardson, CBC Radio's Q Book Columnist
"Shakespearean in its execution."―THIS Magazine
"One of the most striking Canadian literary debuts of the year."―Montreal Gazette
"Suresh’s focus on her characters’ realistic fixations, loaded choices, impulsive actions, and inner turmoil relentlessly draws the reader into the stories."―Canadian Literature
"To call this novel a page-turner is an understatement... Suresh’s prose is sumptuous and lyrical."―Montreal Review of Books
"Bindu Suresh writes with the shine and force of a guillotine carrying us swiftly through the entanglements of love."―Claudia Dey, author of Daughter
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Bindu Suresh is the author of the novella 26 Knots (2019). A former journalist, she has written hundreds of articles for various newspapers, including the Montreal Gazette and the Buenos Aires Herald. She has a degree in literature from Columbia University and a medical degree from McGill University, and currently works full-time as a pediatrician. She currently lives in Montreal with her husband, her seven-year-old daughter, and her five-year-old son.
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Publication date: May 13, 2025
ISBN: 9781998336173
eISBN: 9781998336180
Paperback: 248 pages
