There are some books which hit right left and center with emotional feels as soon as you pick them up like this one, or there are some which slowly build on as you keep reading. I tend to prefer reading the latter as former can get triggering for me, as I am a sensitive reader, but some parts of me wanted to challenge myself after my recent reads, and blurb was kinda pulling me in too, that I strengthened my resolve to read it.
The book follows Tara, the main protagonist moving to America 3 years post marriage to live with her husband Sanjay, what follows after is a tangible mixed bouquet of emotions tying in with her past moving along a fluid before and after timelines to really get down to what Tara feels and thinks as she goes through every experience hereafter.
I won't go into much detail as this book needs to be experienced by the reader, but I will say this every woman should read this, not just for the unilateral marriage narrative described in the blurb but to truly feel and start making a step forward removing themselves from society's expectations as women can really be whoever they want to be, if only they can not get bound by dogma's of what they are supposed to be.
For me personally, I felt like this book helped me get over some wounds left over by past experiences. Yes, this book is triggering, a fair warning, but also empowering enough to heal and let go of the past to move forward for a better and happier future, as its best to clean out old wounds so that we don't get triggered back to our trauma to get into unnecessary ruts as we deserve to be happier every single day of our lives.
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