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The Parcel
by Anosh Irani
When I read Arundhati Roy's Booker nominated [b:The Ministry of Utmost Happiness|32388712|The Ministry of Utmost Happiness|Arundhati Roy|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1520327592l/32388712._SY75_.jpg|53001637] a few years back, I was most struck by the initial hundred or so pages, which detailed the life of the hijra Anjum. So when I heard about this book, which is also centered on a hijra character, I was intrigued. Irani's book is far grittier however, and reading it was both harrowing and disturbing, because most of it details Madhu, the hijra's, preparation of a young 10 year old girl from Nepal to begin a life of prostitution.
Perhaps because I read it right in the thick of revelations about Jeffrey Epstein's arrest for decades of sex trafficking children, the book was heart wrenching in its immediacy. Irani's writing is excellent, as can be seen by the many awards he's won and been nominated for, but I just found most of this difficult to get through, although it DOES have a hopeful ending. It's a book that I have a feeling won't be easily forgotten however, but a word of caution for anyone with delicate sensibilities.
Perhaps because I read it right in the thick of revelations about Jeffrey Epstein's arrest for decades of sex trafficking children, the book was heart wrenching in its immediacy. Irani's writing is excellent, as can be seen by the many awards he's won and been nominated for, but I just found most of this difficult to get through, although it DOES have a hopeful ending. It's a book that I have a feeling won't be easily forgotten however, but a word of caution for anyone with delicate sensibilities.