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The title of this book was as misleading as the fact that a renowned writer must appeal to everyone. For starters perhaps I read this book a few decades later because as a young Pakistani I do not think that given the background of the protagonist, the freedom should have been that "eye-opening". For a closed up, held back middle class person yes but I did not see her as being moved to much by it. The next issue was of the brat. Maybe there are other definitions of the word but the heroine was remarkably independent and thoughtful for a "brat". These could have been ignored had this novel yet again not held the same construction as her previous novels. As in the bride the author spends a good chunk of the book explaining the opening setting and once that is done she moves on to write a train of nothings and towards the end rushes to wrap it up. Simply put Bapsi Sidhwa's novels are written like a sputtering to start car that repeated bursts moves a few feet only to come to an abrupt halt.

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