Title: The Lowland
Author: Jhumpa Lahiri
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Summary: Subhash and Udayan are brothers born 15 months apart. Throughout their childhood growing up in Calcutta, they're inseparable. Despite being so close, they're very different, and their lives take very different paths. Subhash ends up moving to the United States, but when tragedy occurs, he goes home. The events that happen while he's home change Subhash's and his brother's wife, Gauri's, life forever.
Review: The only reason I didn't give this book five out of five stars is it took me a while to get into it--I thought it had a bit of a slow start. But once the pace picked up, I loved it. I didn't give a lot away in the Summary, but this book's point of view shifts between Subhash, Gauri, and Gauri and Udayan's daughter Bela. It spans decades, from when Subhash and Udayan are little boys to when Bela's in her forties. It gives closure but also leaves a lot to the imagination.
This is on my list of books to read.
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