Sheth, Kashmira - Keeping Corner

[oyceter]

Leela is a twelve-year-old in Gujarat, India in 1918. She's obsessed with pretty bangles and saris and excited about her anu, the ceremony to send her off to live with her husband. But then, her husband dies, and Leela will be a widow forever, as brahman women are not allowed to remarry

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[deepad]

I am so wary of reading books set in India, because I tend to obsess about each detail that doesn't match with my lived reality. And sometimes that nitpicking runs toward snobbishness. But thanks for the rec, I will try this one out.

If you are looking for more books that give a (imho) accurate description of day to day life, I'd highly recommend A Village By The Sea by Anita Desai. Quietly beautiful prose, non-judgemental affectionate ethnography, and characters you can feel for.

[oyceter]

Yes to the nitpicking! I am less certain of how well this will go with people familiar with India, since I have zero base knowledge, but the author has lived there?

Also, yay, rec!

[buymeaclue]

Getting caught up...this sounds neat! Thank you.