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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
Reminiscent of works by writers such as Toni Morrison and Alice Walker. This book grabbed ahold of me from the first page and still hasn't let me go. This riveting novel is so very emotional following a young girl into adulthood all the while unraveling the effect childhood trauma and family secrets can have up into adulthood. .
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** if you are an empath take your time with this read **
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** if you are an empath take your time with this read **
Much of the subject matter is agonizing to read (infanticide, abuse, mental illness, attempted suicide, grief)...yet some of the prose is so beautifully written.
There's a lot going on in this book, and most of it is heartbreaking. But there's also a lot of lessons to be learned here, which makes it easier to swallow. Excellent book.
This was such a beautiful and luscious read. By the fourth paragraph on page 2 you have a pretty good idea what this troubled mother has done (and you are primed by the prologue) but the telling spans the book.
This was not necessarily easy to read, but I'm still thinking about it.
It is not always easy to read a book like this, where the emotions and agony of the narrator feels so upfront and personal. In fact, at times it felt as if the wind was knocked out of me.
The narrator (mostly unnamed) was also not always the most likable character but the writing was something to behold.
Ganga’s childhood was an idyllic one, growing up in in an old and beautiful house nestled in the hills of Sri Lanka. Her life is like any other………until it isn’t. The consequences of trauma culminate in one fateful night that leaves her father dead and her family forever stained by a dark secret.
In the wake of this, Ganga and her mother seek safety by immigrating to America. But secrets are not bound by geographic borders and she never really lives a normal life.
The ending was shocking even if the parable at the beginning of the story tells you exactly what was to follow. Perhaps I am not meant to completely understand the reasoning of Ganga in her final act
This is a dark tale of abuse, suffering and self-destruction. Difficult to absorb but beautifully told.
The narrator (mostly unnamed) was also not always the most likable character but the writing was something to behold.
Ganga’s childhood was an idyllic one, growing up in in an old and beautiful house nestled in the hills of Sri Lanka. Her life is like any other………until it isn’t. The consequences of trauma culminate in one fateful night that leaves her father dead and her family forever stained by a dark secret.
In the wake of this, Ganga and her mother seek safety by immigrating to America. But secrets are not bound by geographic borders and she never really lives a normal life.
The ending was shocking even if the parable at the beginning of the story tells you exactly what was to follow. Perhaps I am not meant to completely understand the reasoning of Ganga in her final act
This is a dark tale of abuse, suffering and self-destruction. Difficult to absorb but beautifully told.
This book was my company in a train station for a few hours, and it was heartbreaking. You knew what was coming right from the beginning, but the path to getting there was sad and beautiful and you could see how everything fell into place for the protagonist, and how she came to be where she was. It was an incredibly moving story and one I plan to recommend.
I should give this 4 stars for the beautiful writing and 3 for the plot. I was hoping I'd be able to relate to this book having recently visited Sri Lanka and living in San Francisco. But this story is just tragic.