Reading this book I had a nagging feeling throughout that I wasn't quite being 'let in'. The characters in the book are barely introduced and I never had the sense of actually getting to know or feel an affinity with any of them. There is a bit towards the end which goes into the history of the Partition but it doesn't seem very relevant - not that the Partition was irrelevant - it just seemed to come out of the blue and does not mesh very well, so I found myself speed reading through it.
Reading the Author's notes I discovered that she had written the book over four years and it suddenly made sense why the book seemed so 'loose', it's almost as if there were pieces of a puzzle and instead of doing the puzzle, the pieces were just scooped up into the box.
This is probably a very good light read if you're not too interested in delving too deep into things - but if you're like me and you like to feel like you've lived it and made some new friends, don't read it!