It chronicles aspects of the long, intimate, and ultimately contentious relationship of the author's family with the Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti.

Originally published five years after his death, the book's descriptions of facets of Krishnamurti's life generated a degree of controversy.

[2] Radha Rajagopal Sloss covers aspects of these relationships in some detail, but the book is best known for describing facets of Krishnamurti's private life, especially his long-term extramarital affair with the author's mother.

Recently there have been biographies and a biographical film on Krishnamurti that have left areas, and a large span of years, in mysterious darkness.

[7] The revelations regarding the extramarital affair were met with surprise and consternation by Krishnamurti adherents,[8][9] and generated a measure of adverse publicity.