Surrounded by his certificates, and never really seeing that his wife is so much more than the "simple village girl" he married, Chanu is as easy to sympathize with, for me, as he was to dislike. And I found myself oddly sorry for Chanu, Nazneen's husband who strives and strives to be known as an educated man, and yet never manages to achieve the dreams he has. The lime, the spices, the earth and the rain. The world of Nazneen came alive with scents. and although it wasn't always easy to read, it was captivating. Showing Nazneen's love for her children, her understanding of god and faith, her sister's search for the life she wants. Giving the details of the good in life which comes with the bad. It is about ordinary life, struggles, hardships, conflicts of faith, duty and culture, and yet for all that it is also beautiful. The author makes the everyday and often sorrowful events of this woman's life poetic.
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