Luminous!
The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters: A Novel by Balli Kaur Jaswal
A journey undertaken by the British Punjabi sisters Rajni, Jezmeen, and Shirnia to scatter their mothers ashes in India becomes a pilgrimage towards love, understanding and acceptance, and a reworking of the bond that threads sisters together.
Three Sikh sisters reunite to meet their mother last request and in doing so uncover so much more.
A stunning story of family, that also uncovers practices and prevalent attitudes towards women, touching on inheritance, the bias against female babies, along with tenets of faith and devotion, and the tension these attributes bring for the more modern woman.
Jezmeen, the actress who seems to go on free-for-all binges and rants that have her worst moments captured on YouTube.
Rajni, the eldest sister who is responsible, uptight and disapproving.
Shirnia, who hides a secret that will be exposed, and in that exposure finds the support and acceptance she so desperately craves.
As the journey continues, the sisters' relationship become more transparent and some of the past becomes clear.
I loved these sisters' interactions, the exposure of their fears and desires, their past hurts and their growing together. I laughed and I cried for the complexities and the many misunderstandings, countered by moments of joy and empathy, as their pilgrimage became a homage to their mother's wisdom and their return to each other.
Wonderful!
A Harper Collins ARC via NetGalley
*****
A journey undertaken by the British Punjabi sisters Rajni, Jezmeen, and Shirnia to scatter their mothers ashes in India becomes a pilgrimage towards love, understanding and acceptance, and a reworking of the bond that threads sisters together.
Three Sikh sisters reunite to meet their mother last request and in doing so uncover so much more.
A stunning story of family, that also uncovers practices and prevalent attitudes towards women, touching on inheritance, the bias against female babies, along with tenets of faith and devotion, and the tension these attributes bring for the more modern woman.
Jezmeen, the actress who seems to go on free-for-all binges and rants that have her worst moments captured on YouTube.
Rajni, the eldest sister who is responsible, uptight and disapproving.
Shirnia, who hides a secret that will be exposed, and in that exposure finds the support and acceptance she so desperately craves.
As the journey continues, the sisters' relationship become more transparent and some of the past becomes clear.
I loved these sisters' interactions, the exposure of their fears and desires, their past hurts and their growing together. I laughed and I cried for the complexities and the many misunderstandings, countered by moments of joy and empathy, as their pilgrimage became a homage to their mother's wisdom and their return to each other.
Wonderful!
A Harper Collins ARC via NetGalley
*****
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