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A review by unofficialbookgraph
An Unrestored Woman by Shobha Rao
5.0
I picked up An Unrestored Woman after absolutely devouring her other book Girls Burn Brighter! An Unrestored Woman is a collection of Rao’s short stories centered around women and each connected to the previous in some way. The collection explores the value and experience of women in the wake of the creation of the Indian and Pakistani borders, often telling stories of brutal hardship.
The collection flows incredibly well and the ending of each short story does not feel abrupt and disconnected, as such I read it fairly quickly and it was difficult to put down. Aside from the content being compelling, Rao’s writing is wonderful and very readable despite how difficult the content could be.
cw: sexual assault, trafficking, violence against women
The collection flows incredibly well and the ending of each short story does not feel abrupt and disconnected, as such I read it fairly quickly and it was difficult to put down. Aside from the content being compelling, Rao’s writing is wonderful and very readable despite how difficult the content could be.
cw: sexual assault, trafficking, violence against women