Sister of My Heart
Registered by girakittie of San Francisco, California USA on 8/28/2005
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
4 journalers for this copy...
sending to rhythmbiscuit
Thank you, girakittie. When I read the book, I will release it into the wild.
"Anju is the daughter of an upper-caste Calcutta family of distinction. Her cousin Sudha is the daughter of the black sheep of that same family. Sudha is startlingly beautiful; Anju is not. Despite those differences, since the day on which the two girls were born, the same day their fathers died--mysteriously and violently--Sudha and Anju have been sisters of the heart. Bonded in ways even their mothers cannot comprehend, the two girls grow into womanhood as if their fates as well as their hearts were merged."
I really enjoyed the story of these two women. The story is told in alternating chapters of Anju's and Sudha's perspectives.
I'm including this book in booklady331's ABC Virtual Bookbox.
I really enjoyed the story of these two women. The story is told in alternating chapters of Anju's and Sudha's perspectives.
I'm including this book in booklady331's ABC Virtual Bookbox.
Since no one selected this book from the ABC bookbox, I hope it has more luck in waternixie's Potluck Bookbox ray. It really is a good book. Enjoy!
made a brief stop at my home, then continued on in the potluck book box.
I am taking this book out of waternixie's potluck bookbox.
thanks for donating this book to the bookbox, rhythmbiscuit.
thanks for donating this book to the bookbox, rhythmbiscuit.
I enjoyed reading this book. I was a little confused at first telling the two "cousins" apart, but other than that the storyline was a very unique experience for me as the setting is Calcutta, India in the 1980s (I think). The culture and corresponding values are quite different but very well explained so I had no trouble understanding the motives and actions of the people in the story. The ending is one of those endings that leave you hanging. You don't know what actually is going to be happening to the characters of the book after the story ends, so you wonder. And then, I decided that the point was that the characters involved would be able to deal with whatever happened in a better-informed and more-experienced way.
Journal Entry 8 by tabby-cat-owner at Alpenland Sporthotel in St. Johann im Pongau, Salzburg Austria on Wednesday, June 28, 2017
Released 6 yrs ago (6/17/2017 UTC) at Alpenland Sporthotel in St. Johann im Pongau, Salzburg Austria
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I left this book in the hotel room with another bookcrossing book.
