An eightyyearold woman slips into a deep depression at the death of her husband, then resurfaces to gain a new lease on life. Her determination to fly in the face of convention including striking up a friendship with a hijra person confuses her bohemian daughter, who is used to thinking of herself as the more modern of the two. At the older womans insistence they travel back to Pakistan, simultaneously confronting the unresolved trauma of her teenage experiences of Partition, and reevaluating what it means to be a mother, a daughter, a woman, a feminist. Rather than respond to tragedy with seriousness, Geetanjali Shrees playful tone and exuberant wordplay results in a book that is engaging, funny, and utterly original, at the same time as being an urgent and timely protest against the destructive impact of borders and boundaries, whether between religions, countries, or genders.

Binding: Paperback;752 pages; Publisher: Tilted Axis Press; Classification: FYT; Weight: 670 g; Dimensions: 131 x 197 x 46

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