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A carregar... The Storyteller's Secretpor Sejal Badani
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Protagonist Jaya, experiencing marital troubles, travels to her deceased grandparents’ home in India, where she learns the story of her family’s past. Her grandmother, Amisha, lived during the British Raj era. She was a storyteller, a woman with ideas that did not fit well with the expectations of her traditional role. She wanted to be able to tell her stories in English and was tutored by a British lieutenant. This story is a journey of discovery. In learning about her grandparents’ lives, Jaya begins to understand more about herself, her mother, and her relationship with her husband. I particularly enjoyed the descriptions of holiday celebrations and India’s cultural traditions. Where the book does not succeed as well is in tying together the two narratives. This really should be Amisha’s story, and Jaya’s portion feels forced. It jumps from one scene to the next without an easy flow. The “secret” is obvious early on and the ending is a bit too tidy. So, between the pluses and minuses, I can say I liked it enough to read another book by this author. A grieving young woman whose mental health is at risk, since experiencing 3 miscarriages, decides to visit her mother's native village in India. Her mother refuses to go, and her father encourages her to go. Turns out the grandmother she never knew and the mother her mother never knew was an excellent storyteller. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
Nothing prepares Jaya, A New York journalist, for the heartbreak of her third miscarriage and the slow unraveling of her marriage in its wake. Desperate to assuage her deep anguish, she decides to go to India to uncover answers to her family's past. Intoxicated by the sights, smells, and sounds she experiences, Jaya becomes an eager student of the culture. But it is Ravi -- her grandmother's former servant and trusted confidant -- who reveals the resilience, struggles, secret love, and tragic fall of Jaya's pioneering grandmother during the British occupation. Through her courageous grandmother's arrestingly romantic and heart-wrenching story, Jaya discovers the legacy bequeathed to her and a strength that, until now, she never knew was possible. -- from book jacket. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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Fascinating read. A lot of Old wisdom. Definitely teared up in a few places. Happy I found this to read ( )