Space Between Us Book

Sera and her long time servant bhima.

Space between us book. Set in modern day india it is the story of two compelling and achingly real women. The pair experience similar situations in their lives. Set in present day mumbai india the novel follows the lives of two women. The space between us is a very fitting title to the story of two women in bombay sera a parsi from the upper class and her domestic helper bhima who lives in the slum only 15 minutes away.

The space between us is the second novel by thrity umrigar published by william morrow and company in january 2006. Abuse the death or absence of a husband a pregnant dependent and the hope for a better future. The author of bombay time if today be sweet and the weight of heaven thrity umrigar is at adept andcompelling in the space between us vividlycapturing the social struggles of modern india in a luminous addictivelyreadable novel of honor tradition class gender and family. Poignant evocative and unforgettable the space between us is an intimate portrait of a distant yet familiar world.

The space between us is a musing on the bond between two modern day bombay women. Sera dubash an upper middle class parsi housewife whose opulent surroundings hide the shame and disappointment of her abusive marriage and bhima a stoic illiterate hardened by a life of despair and loss who has worked in the dubash household for more than twenty years. Thrity umrigar slowly reveals to us their lives. Darwin the stories protagonist is an awkward high school student who feels isolated by both physical and intellectual differences from the world he inhabits.

Their union is tested again and again frayed by bhima s servile role by sera s educated middle class parsi upbringing and by the deeply sown seeds of bigotry and class prejudice that rank bhima as less than human. Serabai dubash an upper middle class widow and her domestic servant bhima. Bhima the unforgettable main character of thrity umrigar s beloved national best seller the space between us returns in this triumphant sequel a poignant and compelling novel in which the former servant struggles against the circumstances of class and misfortune to forge a new path for herself and her granddaughter in modern india. Poor and illiterate bhima had faithfully worked for the dubash family an upper middle class parsi household for more than 20 years.

Space between us is the first novel by author jamaal aflatooni.