REVIEW: Sunshine and Spice by Aurora Palit

Dear Aurora Palit,

Naomi Kelly was born to Bengali parents in Canada. Her biological father abandoned her mother, Supriya – aka “Sue” and Sue then left her own parents and rejected the South Asian community altogether. Sue subsequently married a wonderful Canadian man who was a loving and engaged father to Naomi. However, Naomi has been largely disconnected from her Bengali heritage and culture for her entire life. She didn’t feel she fit in with the mostly Caucasian students at her schools in Al...