This is a brilliantly evocative book. It follows four people who live in the Grand Life Apartments. Kamala (whose daughter has gone off to university, leaving Kamala feeling a bit lost), Revathi (whose job is treating her apallingly and whose mother is nagging her to get married), Jason (who is running away from his heartbreak) and Mani (who owns the building and is fighting a battle of his own).
We get to meet each of them and see the ups and downs of their lives.
It’s a quiet book – nothing overly dramatic, but it vividly describes every day life in modern Chennai.
I really enjoyed reading and the food description meant I was craving a decent curry by the end
Jeevani Charika and Rhoda Baxter 