Layla In The Sky With Diamonds [Hardcover]

It has been twenty-four hours since Layla last had cocaine. Now on a flight to New Delhi with her children, Layla is struggling to keep it together. As a blonde American with one white child and one brown child, Layla is used to stares from strangers. But when she departs the airplane, all Layla can focus on is how quickly she can hook up with her drug dealer, Leonardo, so he can provide her with her next fix.

Layla is in India so her son can see his imprisoned father, Riccardo. After Riccardo convinces Layla to carry a suitcase of heroin for him, she and the children head to his parents' house. But everything changes when police storm the house, arrest Layla, and throw her in prison. Twenty years later as Layla returns to her past to reflect on a wild childhood, her hippie days in San Francisco, and an odyssey to a foreign land, she is finally led to a spiritual awakening that unfortunately comes with a dear price.

In this engaging tale that weaves Indian culture with drugs, family, and passion, a rebellious young woman on a perpetual search for a utopian lifestyle embarks on a journey into a life of suffering, addiction, and ultimate enlightenment after she makes a serious of unfortunate choices.