Journal Entry 1 by bigcurlyloz from Fordham, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Second copy.

"Set against a background of political turbulence in Kerala, this novel tells the story of twins Esthappen and Rahel. Amongst the vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in their grandmother's factory they try to craft a childhood for themselves amidst what constitutes their family." - amazon.co.uk synopsis 

Journal Entry 2 by shnedwards from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Thanks very much for sending this to me, bigcurlyloz! This is an absolutely beautiful, lyrical piece of writing.
Reserving this for a bookray. Watch it travel!

Mailing order:

stubee, UK
KT-J, UK
RustyReader2, Canada
NepeanBCLibrary, Canada <---here
GateGypsy, Canada
meexia, Singapore
taniazed, Australia 

Journal Entry 3 by shnedwards from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Friday, May 04, 2007

On its way to stubee. Hope you enjoy it! 

Journal Entry 4 by stubee from Bury, Lancashire United Kingdom on Saturday, May 12, 2007

Thanks again Shnedwards, should I aim to read this while I'm on the beachs in Borneo then? 

Journal Entry 5 by stubee from Bury, Lancashire United Kingdom on Friday, June 22, 2007

I didn’t read this on a beach in a hammock as suggested but I read it while holidaying in Borneo if that counts!

A really well written story with intriguing characters, I felt really sorry for the main characters involved in this and can’t believe how evil Baby Kochamma was!

Pased this on the KT-J. 

Journal Entry 6 by KT-J from Bury, Lancashire United Kingdom on Friday, June 22, 2007

Received on holiday, I'll be getting onto this next! 

Journal Entry 7 by KT-J from Bury, Lancashire United Kingdom on Monday, July 09, 2007

I loved this book, the writing is incredible. The amount of description interspersed with the most simplistic sentences make for a really enjoyable and flowing narrative. The story is captivating, with it switching between past and present and between characters until finally the story is all laid out and it is so sad. I'd definitely recommend this and think it fully deserves its place in the 1001 list.

Thanks shnedwards for letting me read this one! I've PMd RustyReader2 for their address so will send this on once I've got it. 

Journal Entry 8 by RustyReader2 from Nepean, Ontario Canada on Thursday, September 06, 2007

It's here! I am finishing up a few bookrays right now, but now that my daughter is back in school, it will be easier to finish reading them all and get caught up!

No worries. 

Journal Entry 9 by RustyReader2 from Nepean, Ontario Canada on Tuesday, November 27, 2007

I just received this book as a gift, so I will be passing this copy along to the next in line as to get it moving. My apologies for taking this long with it, but I've had so many books come to me at once...usually not a bad thing, and still isn't really...but it has been hard to read through them all is time.

I will come journal once finished with my copy. 

Journal Entry 10 by NepeanBCLibrary from Nepean, Ontario Canada on Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Thankk you shnedwards for this book ray, I have had three books come to me at once, so I will try my best to keep them going in time.