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July 28, 2023 at 2:00 am #902Book Girls’ GuideKeymaster@bookgirlsguideam
Was this book a good fit for the Book Voyage Challenge?
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July 28, 2023 at 8:11 am #917Jill GrossParticipant@jill
Yes – I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It gave a good feel for what life would be like here, the caste systems and how hard it is still to escape and raise above. The hard lessons learned along the way, losing the respect of her parents for leaving all beyond and again to discover they passed never knowing of her success. Learning she had a sister she had never meet before or even knew about. To finally realize how selfish she had been all those years thing of no one but here self – only to lose all she had gained and then having to turn her live around again to help the low caste system people again.
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July 28, 2023 at 8:18 am #919RebeccaParticipant@rgaxihdez
I thought it was interesting. Glad I did the audiobook for pronunciation reasons. Definitely going to continue the series!
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August 4, 2023 at 9:25 am #1090Kathy BainParticipant@klynn
I absolutely agree. What a wonderful book and I just picked up the second in the trilogy. Hoping it is as informative and engrossing. I learned so much. I even passed it on to a young friend (22) who is very into tattoos and she was very impressed with the rituals and meanings of the different henna designs.
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July 28, 2023 at 9:32 am #928GerryDParticipant@gerryd8784aol-com
I agree with other respondents that this book should stay on the list. It was a very engaging read with great characters, and provided a lot of information about life in India in the early years of independence.
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July 28, 2023 at 12:30 pm #946Patty CarrollParticipant@pcarroll
Definitely. I learned so much about a history and culture I really knew very little about and in the process came to admire a very strong character striving for her personal independence. I have read the second book as well and am looking forward to reading the third.
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July 29, 2023 at 9:43 am #967Amy VParticipant@amyv
Yes— getting ready to listen to the third book. They are all so good and quite informative about the area.
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August 4, 2023 at 9:26 am #1091Kathy BainParticipant@klynn
This one is a keeper for no other reason than it is rich in a history many of us are not familiar with and it triggers further reading.
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