One Hundred Shades of White

Being a South Asian, I don't really expect books about Indian/Pakistani to surprise me. This book however, and its characters managed to give me a warm fuzzy feeling. As a family therapist, I loved the family dynamics, the narratives, the secrets, the drama, and especially the journey of coming to a full circle for multiple generations. It's a light read and I read it on the plane. A nice vacation read!

I happend by chance to see this book. Its a great book - light but still quite deep. And what is amazing is that - despite that fact that it is set mostly in London, it takes a very intersting look at life from Kerala. And Preethi has a very good flair for writing with a very natural flow. Another interesting aspect is how she actually blends in lives of an Indian family with that of British and Spanish familes - bringing out the similarities across cultures and not get bogged down by the differences. One comment - might be kind of funny - the book presents Spanish words in italics - but the Malayalam words used are presented in normal font. Does that mean that the editors think that all these words are part of English :-)?

This story completely touched me. It made me laugh and cry. It also made me very hungry!At first I found it hard to follow with the point of view jumping without warning from generation to generation, but then I started to really enjoy that and towards the end I thought it was perfect.A great read. Get into it on a rainy day on the lounge with a piece of naan and a butter chicken curry!