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A Girl and a River
Sojourn
Chosen
Girl
The book addresses a traditional family’s apathy to change, and how machinations to preserve respectability are either glossed over or forgotten. As tragedy overtakes Kaveri, the book slows pace and grows unsure. This novel deserved better editing: older readers may argue over 1930 props; the second, heavier part of the book is inadequately explored.
Girl is written for Indian readers: Usha scorns the explanatory whine of the expat writer. She tells it as it is, with shrewd wit and a rich regional flavour.
