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Sep 30, 2011Fijindu_girl rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I am a big fan of reading Asian authors. I was first introduced to the genre through the writing of Amy Tan. (If you haven’t read The Kitchen God’s Wife yet, stop reading immediately, run to your local library and check it out!) Asian authors tend to be richer story tellers, and I love to read about far away countries like India, Singapore and China. Good writing can transport you to a different time and place, all from the safety of your favourite arm chair. Kamala Nair has written an exquisite tale, an homage to The Secret Garden. The beautiful descriptions of life in an Indian village, the mysteries and family skeletons that are unearthed as Rakhee Singh, the protagonist, delves deeper and deeper into the walled-up garden located behind the family compound will keep you riveted to this book until the very last page.