A guest review from Teen Room Staff Lydia!
Growing up in modern day India, Koly is forced into an arranged marriage by her family’s poverty and her parents’ subsequent inability support her any longer. However, within weeks of the marriage, her husband dies, leaving her a widow at thirteen.
In a society where there is neither room nor status for widows, Koly finds herself in a home where she is now unwanted by her cruel mother-in-law. Circumstances worsen before Koly finally falls into the kind hands who will help her grow into an independent and industrious woman, despite the norms of society.
An interesting read which examines the Hindu culture, Homeless Bird brings forth the contradictions of an age old society mixed with the world of computers and air conditioned cars. The book has a particularly satisfactory ending and despite the depressing beginning, the opens into a happy story of inspiration and hope, and even finds room for love.
--Lydia
P.S. from Melissa--if you like Homeless Bird, you should try Keeping Corner by Kashmirea Sheth.
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