Usually when I’m reading a book for review I think about things to say as I read. Halfway through this book I didn't know what I was going to say and now that I’m finished I still don’t think I can do it justice.We are introduced to Rakhee as she is preparing to leave her sleeping fiance in the mid...
3.5 StarsEvery family has secrets, every young girl imagines herself a bit of an outsider, but not every family’s secrets prove how much of an outsider this young girl really is. This is a beautiful tale of a young girl’s summer at her Mother’s home in India. Her mother has been struggling with her ...
The feel of this story is American Southern Gothic, just set in India: noble family decaying from long-held secrets, countered by the lush, untamed landscape of their estate. Small town gossip, age old sins, and a child watching everything implode without fully understanding what she's seeing.From t...
The Girl in the Garden by Kamala Nair is another fascinating look into the Indian culture. With its hidden secrets, dark pasts,and fanciful setting, the story has all the trappings of a fairy tale. The lines between reality and fantasy blur slightly as Ms. Nair weaves her story of family and love th...
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