After her mother's death, Gopi's dad enlists her in a brutal squash training regimen at 11. As the game consumes her, Gopi grows apart from her sisters and tries to redefine herself on the court.

I appreciate this novel that covers an Indian-British family and explores healing through sports. LANE examines complex father-daughter relationships and sisterhood in a muted and contemplative style. The introspective writing feels a bit underbaked to me, and I had trouble focusing on the sports talk