The Arts Institute invites you to join us in a celebration and launch of The Unbroken Coast (August 2025), a novel by Nalini Jones, Assistant Professor of English.

On the night his granddaughter is born in America, an emeritus professor rides a bicycle through his quiet Catholic neighborhood in Bombay. A few streets from his home, in the heart of a Koli fishing village, he encounters a young mother praying for her baby daughter at the shrine of Our Lady of Navigators. Nearly a decade later, an accident brings their families together.

Spanning the turbulent years when Bombay became Mumbai, at a time when environmental and economic pressures are beginning to change the fortunes of indigenous fisherfolk, The Unbroken Coast follows the friendship between a young girl finding her place in the world and an aging historian reckoning with his past.

Professor Jones will read from the novel, followed by a student-led Q&A.

Location: Kelley Center Presentation Room. Wine, beverages, and light appetizers will be served.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing.