A very well written book about the intricacies of a Parsi family living in Bombay in the 90s. The book describes the toll that family relationships takes on the perspective of various individuals in a family. It takes the reader on a trip of happy, sad, frustating and testing moments of a family marred by love, hatred and mistrust on the so-called burdened shoulders of the younger generation yearning for their independence from the social responsibilities towards their elders. Written in a very contemporary way the book has a strong finish with a strong message towards the end. Towards the middle of the book one does get a feeling of an incessant suffering subjected towards a single person making it a bit redundant but then again one feels that it is much more of a relistic approach towards the way things normally are in a joint family. Overall the book is a bit slow but it being very well written eventually turns out to be a good read for people who would rather not look at a story from an objective point of view.