Gifted
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781400066483 (1400066484)
Publish date: September 11th 2007
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Novels,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Contemporary,
India,
Asian Literature,
Indian Literature,
Womens
I liked Rumi and I liked the way the story unfolded, as she matured and realised that it was more than that she was unhappy, but that she had to stop trying to fulfil her father's crushing dreams and live her own life.
I didn’t get inside the head of the main character as much as I might have wished. The author did better getting inside the head of the parents of the main character, especially the mother. The main character is prodded and pushed, scheduled and organized, from the time she enters school by her pare...