What a delightful book about a grandmother who crosses the jungle to go see her daughter and grandchildren! I read it online on everand, but will buy the paper version for the grandkid. I think it will speak to her just as much as it spoke to me.
#India
pickI loved the title story:a retired&widowed father visits his grown daughter who is pregnant with her second child,her husband is on a business trip&it‘s told alternating from father then daughter perspective.I loved the metaphor of the garden&how beautifully Lahiri writes feelings,relationships,domestic scenes.Overall though I found myself bailing on many of the other stories precisely because of that.I wanted a bit more variety in plot.Soft pick.
pickI just discovered Nabela Noor Martin and Nabi H. Ali. Their book, Beautifully Me, is about a little girl suddenly noticing negative body image comments and internalizing them. #Bangladeshi #muslim #pocketsofpeace
pickCalled “Ghare Baire” in Bengali, this book is a symbolic representation of India‘s relationship with herself & her colonisers, told through the relationship of the protagonist Bimala with her husband Nikhil and a friend, Sandeep.
I found the book very poignant - capturing the internal conflict of identity that I & millions of other Indians even today experience in our relationship with our country and our place in the world.
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#JolabokaflodSwap
I forgot to take a picture of the wrapped items or the box, so here‘s proof I took it to the post office. Package should arrive around the 19th.
(Color Street nails - love them!!!)
