My Father's Daughter

by Akashni Maharaj

Overview

This book explores the journey of a young South African girl of Indian origin, Romy, who is kidnapped and raped while on a study visit to the Sorbonne in Paris. She escapes from her captors and flees back to her family in South Africa but discovers later that she is pregnant. A friend of the family, Arish Metha, a psychiatrist and long-time secret admirer of Romy, claims the child as his and she agrees to marry him to gain social respectability.

Romy and Arish lead a happy life as husband and wife, but cracks begin to appear in this family when Arish undergoes a complete personality transformation, later revealed to be Dissociative Identity Disorder. It is only when Romy undergoes hypnotherapy to help her cope with the post-traumatic stress of the past 17 years that she discovers that her rapist could be Arish, her husband.

Before Romy can confront her husband with what she has learnt, he flees to Paris, taking Rusha and Rusha’s cousin Arielle, with him which leads to dramatic events.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781920535902
Publisher:	Kima Global Publishers
Publication date:	07/21/2016
Pages:	316
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.71(d)

About the Author

Dr Akashni Maharaj is a psychologist who lives and practices in Durban, South Africa. She is a graduate of the University of Kwazulu Natal and the University of Zululand.
Her Ph.D. took her on a journey towards the metaphysical aspect of life and now presently in her practice; she works holist- ically by focusing on the interplay between the mind, body and the spirit. She facilitates a process of self-discovery within the individual towards finding their soul purpose.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Part One: Paris 1993 7
Chapter One : Romy 8
Chapter Two: Nate 16
Chapter Three: Arun 1993 22
Chapter Four: Jaanvi 30
Chapter Five: Jaanvi 35
Chapter Six: Nate 38
Part Two: South Africa 43
Chapter Seven: The Journey Home 44
Chapter Eight: Arish 53
Chapter Nine: Nate 60
Chapter Ten: Romy and Arish 64
Chapter Eleven: The Pact 71
Chapter Twelve: Romy and Rusha 77
Chapter Thirteen: Rusha 80
Chapter Fourteen: Arish 86
Chapter Fifteen: Romy and Arish 94
Chapter Sixteen: Nate 102
Chapter Seventeen: Arun 104
Chapter Eighteen: Arish and Rusha 112
Chapter Nineteen: Nate 118
Chapter Twenty: Romy 121
Chapter Twenty One: Nate / Arish 130
Chapter Twenty Two: Nate 136
Chapter Twenty Three: Nate / Arish 139
Chapter Twenty Four: Rusha 143
Chapter Twenty Five: Rusha 147
Chapter Twenty Six: Romy and Arish 155
Chapter Twenty Seven: The Mehta Household 161
Chapter Twenty Eight: Romy's Therapy Session 166
Chapter Twenty Nine: Romy's next Session 170
Chapter Thirty: Hypnosis 174
Chapter Thirty One: Romy 181
Chapter Thirty Two: Arun and Pia 187
Part Three: Paris 193
Chapter Thirty Three: Nate, Arielle and Rusha 194
Chapter Thirty Four: Jaanvi a.k.a Sonia 198
Chapter Thirty Five: René and Sonia 204
Part Four: South Africa 209
Chapter Thirty Six: Arun, Romy and Pia 210
Part Five: Paris 215
Chapter Thirty Seven: René 216
Chapter Thirty Eight: Nate 219
Chapter Thirty Nine: Arun and Romy 225
Chapter Forty: Rusha and Nate / Arish 229
Chapter Forty One: Romy and René 232
Chapter Forty Two: Nate 241
Chapter Forty Three: Romy and René 247
Chapter Forty Four: René 258
Chapter Forty Five: Prefunct de Police 268
Chapter Forty Six: Romy and Nate / Arish 273
Chapter Forty Seven: Romy 284
Chapter Forty Eight: Club le Victorious 291
Chapter Forty Nine: Romy and Nate / Arish 297
Epilogue 309
About the Author 314