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Anna Ruth FL
Jun 30, 2022 rated it it was amazing
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Wow. This is one of the most devastating ( the way this couple with an inter-caste marriage in the 1980s - I think- is treated when they return to the groom's rural Tamil Nadu village) yet beautiful ( the story of how they fall in love) books I have ever read. I listened to the audio version which is particularly haunting. I listened to the growing tension in the book with a pit in my stomach and I actually wept during the last chapter. I highly recommend this book. ...more
Alyson Zikmund
Mar 14, 2023 marked it as to-read