“Everything Was Good-Bye tells the story of a young woman maturing, leaving home and trying to balance her two conflicting identities. When we meet Meena, she is the rebellious youngest daughter of a very traditional Indian family. Her widowed mother sees only one path for each of her six daughters and to veer from that path means to be cast off. The writing is poetic, revealing and heart wrenching, and I appreciated watching Meena find her way between two vastly yet constantly overlapping worlds. She makes the most difficult decisions and then revels and winces as her life unfolds as a result. It takes incredible courage for her to take control of her life. This story takes place in Vancouver, B.C., where the author lives, giving a Northwest feel to the book.” —Jesica, Bookpeople of Moscow, Moscow, ID. Buy Everything Was Good-Bye from the Bookpeople.
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Everything Was Good-Bye by Gurjinder Basran
March 13, 2013