Sister of My Heart
by Chitra Divakaruni
This was a book that read like a fairy tale. It was enchanting and beautiful. It takes place in India where time seems to have stood still for hundreds of years. While the mystery and intrigue of India and it's culture is fasinating, the real beauty of the book is in the relationship of the two main characters, Anju and Sudha, friends/cousins/sisters. The lines are so blurred as to what they are to each other. They grow up together and then are married off into arranged marriages and yet they are still inseperable. Love between two friends is such a precious and rare thing. They illustrate what "sisters of the heart" really are, as they explain, "because ultimately blood is not as important as love."
Those words are important to me because I have experienced first hand that love is a much better glue. I have "Sisters of MY heart" who have LOVED me, come what may, and those are the girls who I know will be there for it all. As I have grown into a woman, I realize how blessed I am for the love of true friends. This book was another one that made me cry!
4 comments:
ooohhhhh, I want to read this one!
YOU are a sister of my heart!
I thought you might recognize that I was talking about YOU! You are a sister of my heart and the bond we share is one of genuine love and respect for each other...something even stronger than blood. LOVE IT!
Our book club is meeting tonight to discuss this book! We are having an Indian themed meal to go with and I'm so excited! I think the discussion will be great! So fun that you've read it too!
Oh Emily! I'm so jealous that you have a book group! What a wonderful thing. It is fun that we read the same book! Let me know what you are reading next...and blessings with the baby coming soon!
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