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Tamarind Womanby Anita Rau Badami |
Judy Stanton: Having read and enjoyed "Hero's Walk"
by this author, I decided to read "Tamarind Woman."
The books are very different, "Hero's Walk" has an interesting plot;
"Tamarind Woman" is more of a character study of a mother/daughter
relationship. I liked reading the book from the daughter and then
the mother's perspective, seeing some of the same story through
different sets of eyes. It definitely made me think about my perspective
vs. my mother vs. my children. In both books, the author shares her
Indian culture and its many rules, beliefs and traditions.
Although they seem overwhelming and, sometimes, ridiculous,
one can easily relate them to the belief systems that are shared
by many other cultures, ours included. The author used an interesting
technique of discriminating between past and present by using
italic type for certain passages.
Rating: ***
