These women’s life stories give an insight into expectations of married Indian women, the choices they make and the choices made for them. Anita Nair’s story-telling is superb and each woman could easily spawn a novel of her own. …There is a strong message...
Nair conveys her protagonists’ dilemmas with a freshness and charm that makes her story more than just the predictable feminist homily it might appear. She is particularly good on the domestic details such as lazy Sunday lunches, a family row, the sights, sounds...
Nair is a powerful writer: all of these stories are intense and replete with cultural detail. …Nair has created what must be one of the most important feminist novels to come out of South Asia The Daily Telegraph,...
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