The Space Between Us Book

Serabai dubash an upper middle class widow and her domestic servant bhima.

The space between us book. The space between is a riotous side splittingly funny tribute to the insanity of our twenties and the lessons we learn in the most unexpected of places. 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. In india s patriarchal society men hold the power and abuse of women of all classes is often overlooked. The space between us is the second novel by thrity umrigar published by william morrow and company in january 2006.

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The space between us is a novel about the relationship between two indian women the upper middle class serabai and her lower class servant bhima. Darwin the stories protagonist is an awkward high school student who feels isolated by both physical and intellectual differences from the world he inhabits. Sera and her long time servant bhima. Sera dubash an upper middle class parsi housewife and bhima a stoic illiterate who has worked in the dubash household for more than twenty years.

This is a story intimately and compassionately toldagainst the sensuous background of everyday life in bombay. It follows the lives of two 9th grade girls that have different experiences entering high school. 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. Set in modern day india it is the story of two compelling and achingly real women.

The journey is sweet goofy and sometimes agonizing as they both venture into uncharted territory. The space between us. The space between us is a musing on the bond between two modern day bombay women. Washington post book world.

Book summary set in modern day india the space between us is the story of two compelling and achingly real women. Michelle and zara are powerhouses. Read free book excerpt from the space between us by thrity umrigar page 1 of 2. 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.

This is a fierce book from two women with their fingers on the pulse. The space between by michelle l. Set in present day mumbai india the novel follows the lives of two women. Above all it is a tribute to joy friendship and the brilliance of women those we know those we admire and those we are capable of finding within ourselves.