THE COLOR OF OUR SKY
by Amita Trasi
A bit slow to start but the plot picks up around 100 pages
and then moves quickly.
In 1980’s India, a young rural girl with a devastating
background is rescued by a Mumbai businessman. She becomes an unpaid servant in
his family and best friend to his daughter who is about the same age. Mukta
lives with the family until shortly after the mother in the family dies. Mukta
is kidnapped and cannot be found. Years later the daughter begins a search for
her long lost friend and servant.
The characters seem to change quite a bit with time; the
daughter especially wavers in characterization. The very slow start makes this
novel difficult to stick with, but the last half of the book presents an
intriguing mystery. Stick with it and
you do get a rich reward.
Book groups will find themselves presented with unpaid
servants, unknown relatives, mysterious happenings, uncaring and ineffective
police, aid organizations stymied in their attempts to help and an unflattering
look at life in India.
3 of 5 stars
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