The Native Born

Across a courtyard flooded with Indian moonlight, a tiny red flame keeps two women alive. Christine Stafford watches it flicker; beside her, Margaret Caruthers waits in the dark, defiant even as the cries outside draw nearer.

I. A. R. Wylie opens The Native Born in British India, in a besieged room where every passing second may be the last. Christine is consumed by fear for her child and the husband she hopes will return; Margaret meets the same danger with cold resolve—and a bitterness toward her husband that no approaching death can soften. As gunfire breaks out and the signal flame falters, the women must face not only the violence beyond the door but the truths their marriages have buried. What will happen when the light finally goes out?

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