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Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance
p. 43 "She did not want to carry any relics from her old life; given another chance she could be a more exciting person, take evening classes perhaps, become a librarian. She had heard that many Indian wives in the States became librarians."


Stories of women's lives have been among my favorite reads. This powerful story is of a woman sent off to a life she did not want with a man she did not want to a country she did not want. Day after day of sitting in an apartment with nothing to do and nowhe
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