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Grown-Up Pose
by Sonya Lalli
Anu feels like she doesn’t know who she is anymore. She always wanted her parents to think she was a good daughter but now she’s struggling with the idea of whether she can be “the good Indian woman” and still be happy.
She feels like a good Indian woman is a good wife and mother. She tried to be that. She got married young and had a child. She started working less too spend more time with her daughter. She picked a responsible job and a good neighborhood to live in.
But she feels disconnected from her husband Neil. She feels like he takes her for granted and doesn’t try hard enough.
She starts to feel like she got married too young and that it was to make her parents happy. She thinks maybe her and Neil would have just moved in together if they had been making the decision entirely for themselves.
The book starts with Anu planning to divorce Neil. They have been separated for a year. She’s dating someone she’s sure her parents won’t like. When her relationship ends, she gets even more upset. She makes some major decisions on a bit of a whim. First she buys a yoga studio (she has always wanted one) and then she leaves the country.
I didn’t always like Anu but I found her journey interesting. I can tell you that I was very sure how I wanted the story to end and was very grateful that I got the ending I wanted :)
I found Anu’s relationship with her parents to be incredibly interesting and her relationship with Neil as well.
I’d rate this 3.5 stars if we had half star ratings on NetGalley. I thought this was a very unique take on a story that might feel familiar. Anu felt like her decisions hadn’t always been her own, but this is not the story of an Indian woman pushed into a marriage. This is a story about a woman hitting 30 and trying to figure out what actually makes her happy. Did society expect her to work a certain job and be a perfect wife and mother? Or did she do that to herself? Interesting stuff. Definitely good for thought.
She feels like a good Indian woman is a good wife and mother. She tried to be that. She got married young and had a child. She started working less too spend more time with her daughter. She picked a responsible job and a good neighborhood to live in.
But she feels disconnected from her husband Neil. She feels like he takes her for granted and doesn’t try hard enough.
She starts to feel like she got married too young and that it was to make her parents happy. She thinks maybe her and Neil would have just moved in together if they had been making the decision entirely for themselves.
The book starts with Anu planning to divorce Neil. They have been separated for a year. She’s dating someone she’s sure her parents won’t like. When her relationship ends, she gets even more upset. She makes some major decisions on a bit of a whim. First she buys a yoga studio (she has always wanted one) and then she leaves the country.
I didn’t always like Anu but I found her journey interesting. I can tell you that I was very sure how I wanted the story to end and was very grateful that I got the ending I wanted :)
I found Anu’s relationship with her parents to be incredibly interesting and her relationship with Neil as well.
I’d rate this 3.5 stars if we had half star ratings on NetGalley. I thought this was a very unique take on a story that might feel familiar. Anu felt like her decisions hadn’t always been her own, but this is not the story of an Indian woman pushed into a marriage. This is a story about a woman hitting 30 and trying to figure out what actually makes her happy. Did society expect her to work a certain job and be a perfect wife and mother? Or did she do that to herself? Interesting stuff. Definitely good for thought.