This story focuses on three women in India and the caste system.
The reader is quickly made aware that the young teenage granddaughter, Maya, is pregnant out of wedlock and lives with her grandmother, Bhima. No one knows who the father is. Through her pregnancy, which is considered a big problem, the author takes you on a journey through the struggles of different classes in India are revealed– Bhima retells the story of her life through the challenges of poor social status. While Sera, a high class elite that Bhima works for, experiences her own conflicts within her life as a result of endogamy. Then there is Maya, who has to decide between education or work shortly after her abortion.
The author has a gift for manipulating words and language that you will not experience with anyone else. Note-This novel entails physical abuse, abortion, alcoholism, rape, and other topics that would be recommended only for mature readers.