PositiveThe New York Times Book ReviewThis is not the Trinidad of V. S. Naipaul, rendered with elegant sentences and brilliant introspection, but, rather, a place where women’s and children’s lives are held in thrall by cruel men ... One reads Sital’s story appalled and moved by the suffering of these indomitable women — including Sital herself, raised by Arya in cramped homes in New Jersey — as they valiantly struggle. Only in the kitchen, where they cook their delicious dishes, can they reign supreme and reveal their secrets. A reader can only applaud the author who has so skillfully preserved them in such loving, precise detail.
