First darling of the morning is the powerful and poignant memoir of bestselling author Thrity Umrigar, tracing the arc of the Bombay childhood and adolescence from her earliest memories to her eventual departure for the United States at age 21.

Enjoy schwester :)

Thank you, arrived in Vienna today!

So this was rather a strange book. Which may not be a total surprise, as memories of an Indian childhood are probably strange for me. Quite some time I wondered which religion they have, as god is mentioned quite frequently, but no further hints are found whether they are muslim or christian - well, I looked up the Parsi people, and now I know: they (and the author or her family most probably) are Zoroastrians...
The whole childhood is really totally different from all that is "normal" to me - so it was really interesting. And well written of course.

Sent on for a sweeps

Thanks a lot for this choice, I lived in India and I am always happy to read books from there ! :-)))