"Entrancing, consoling, humorous, and wise, Called by the Hills made me melancholy for a place I have never visited, homesick for a house and garden I've never known, and fondly attached to people I've never encountered. I felt as if I held the Himalayas in my hands while I read it." - Chloe Dalton, author of Raising Hare "Anuradha Roy's writing makes you want to rush to the Himalaya, see the flower valleys and the bold leopards, gossip with the local cowherds, tend the stray dogs, and help out in the author's wayward garden. In every way a beautiful book." - Sebastian Faulks, author of The Seventh Son "I always look forward to the immersive worlds full of light and shadows and color that Anuradha Roy creates. Luminous and poetic, her words reveal the frailties and desires that make us human, even when telling stories on an epic scale." - Kiran Rao, award-winning filmmaker "Roy's writing, accompanied by her lovely watercolors and drawings, is transportive, especially when describing the lush countryside. The most gripping sections detail the effects of rapid climate change and creeping modernization.

Roy's memoir is a time capsule, an ode to a way of life that might already be lost." - Booklist (starred review).