Once again I have chosen a piece that was the author's (Shilpi Somaya Gowda) first work - and again my selection has an Indian connection. I liked this book! It was very readable and I suppose another one that is mostly for us girls, but the plot is well developed, the characters are believable and the story is touching. The story moves between Mumbai, India and Northern California and explores international adoption and families with blended backgrounds and cultures. There was a time in India when baby girls were not wanted - sometimes aborted, sometimes killed at birth and in this instance, given to an orphanage when the baby was 3 days old. The tale revolves around two American doctors who are unable to have children and since the husband is Indian, they adopt a child from Mumbai. The chapters move back and forth from California and India following the lives of two cultures and two countries. The ending isn't what I expected and sometimes in these type of stories, that is refreshing! Anyway, the book is engaging, readable and I thought, quite good. (339 pages)
You will be surprised at my next book - loved by most of you and one I have never read!
And my screen is still in Arabic!
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