REVIEW: The Lost Book of Mala R. by Rose MacDowell

Dear Ms. MacDowell,

When your book was offered to us for review, I was intrigued enough by the blurb to request a copy. When I received the book and started reading it, I wasn't sure what had initially drawn me to it. Not that it looked bad; it just seemed like the sort of literary women's fiction that I generally avoid. I am not a big reader of women's fiction as it is, and when I do read it, I tend to favor funny chick-lit over serious women-bonding stories (OMG am I the only one who...