We had a great discussion about this unusual book and its author. We all agreed that she is a gifted, original writer, who managed, in this particular novel, to capture the extraordinary tapestry, turbulence and vastness of India through many of its marginalised, ostracised and outcast people.  The novel covers decades of 'modern' post-colonial India,…

We had a fruitful and interesting discussion about this unusual book. As with most books there were those of us who thoroughly enjoyed it and others who were less keen. The majority of the group found the vivid descriptions of the countryside, at harvest time in South West England during the heat- wave of 1989,…

We had an excellent discussion arising from this autobiographical memoir about growing up in Jamaica in the 1990s within a strict Rastafarian household. The book covered a spectrum of topics ranging from - female roles and oppression, domestic violence, child abuse, nature versus nurture, Rastafarian beliefs and customs, survival in the face of harsh odds,…