What the Body Remembers
by Shauna Singh Baldwin
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalromancefamilyslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipinjustice/tragedy/vengeancehuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeWeighty and moving: an unsavoury novel, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.8 / 5
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About This Book
"It is 1937 in a small village in Punjab, India, the beginning of the tense and tumultuous decade that will culminate in the violent and still controversial Partition between India and Pakistan. Roop is a young girl whose mother has died in childbirth and whose father is deep in debt.
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- Author
- Shauna Singh Baldwin
- Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 515
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- Open Library
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