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i read a lot about this book when it first came out, and i always meant to pick it up. i randomly saw it in the UL browsing collection the other day, and i decided to give it a try. it's about a woman from bangladesh who get married and moves to london with her husband. for some reason, it took me a while to get into it. the first 75-100 pages didn't grab me too much, but after that, i really liked it. especially the chapters that consisted mostly or entirely of letters written from the narrator's sister, who ran away from home to make a "love marriage" and still lives in bangladesh. i also liked when the narrator started having an affair with the young, radical bangladeshi stud who brings her sewing work from a sweatshop. good all around, but i only give it three and half robots since it took me so long to get into the story.
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