Anjali Enjeti
Autore di The Parted Earth
Opere di Anjali Enjeti
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- Opere
- 2
- Utenti
- 88
- Popolarità
- #209,356
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 8
I loved this story but was a little frustrated with how it jumped back and forth in time. A good part of the story is set in 2017 with Shan, who we find is Deepa’s granddaughter, and as her life takes a turn for the worse, she finds herself alone leaving her plenty of time to think about her lack of knowledge about her family and how they came to be so separated from each other. Her grandmother, whom she hasn’t seen since she was a little girl, has always been cold and remote, but Shan decides she needs to find answers to the past and how it affected her grandmother, then her father and finally herself.
The Parted Earth is a family saga with the Partition as a catalyst that changed the direction of so many lives. I was a little taken aback at Deepa’s attitude, although she had lost a lot, she allowed the past to dominate her relationships and became a very lonely woman. On the other hand, I was drawn into Shan’s story and enjoyed how she and her friend pieced together the mystery of her heritage and found both joy and acceptance.… (altro)