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Sharmila's Book

av Bharti Kirchner

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Born and raised in Chicago's Indian community, Sharmila Sen is a thirty-something artist, American in every respect but nonetheless longing for a deeper connection to her Indian heritage. Unlucky in love, Sharmila finally consents to follow the traditional path of arranged marriage and her mother soon finds Raj Khosla -- a handsome and successful New Delhi businessman -- for a perfect matrimonial match. Yet from the moment Sharmila arrives in India, events seem to conspire against her future happiness. Raj disappears for extended periods of time, leaving Sharmila to fend for herself in the uneasy and controlling presence of his mother. Most disconcerting of all is the mystery surrounding the "accidental" death of Raj's cherished first wife, whose memory is Sharmila's constant rival. Deliverance arrives in the unlikely person of Prem, the Khoslas' chauffeur, with whom Sharmila finds a daring relationship and a means to reexamine her life in a restrictive, exclusive culture that may or may not have a place for her. Filled with humor, romance, and suspense, Sharmila's Book tells the story of a contemporary woman who embraces the traditional life -- only to become liberated in the most unexpected ways.… (mer)
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Ugh. After reading Bharti Kirchner's illuminating book, Sharmila's Book, I was left with the strange sensation of having swallowed an insect that flapped its wings in my brain, rap rap rap, tap tap tap, and I was left screaming with a dire brain disorder. Ugh. Rare this year that I have come across as bad a book as Sharmila's Book.

I am not usually this scathing. I am a lazy writer myself, who understands the pain of writing - but after reading this book, I understood the pain of reading too. The pain of reading something that should never have graced a respected publisher's desk. For the record, Sharmila's Book, imaginatively named as it is, (all sarcasm included in this post), recites the drama, heartbreak, and musings of Sharmila, an Indian American, who abruptly decides that she would enter an arranged marriage with Raj, a widower. Ah, I can't narrate this plot even. I get that same insect fluttering disorder when I do. So forgive me readers, Amazon succinctly sums it up here.

Luckily, I picked up the book at a throwaway price of around $1, while its original price was $15. I understand now why it was marked so low. Those booksellers were surely throwing it away. Bharti Kirchner might be good at cooking, and writing cook books but Sharmila's Book is like a bad recipe that has gone horribly wrong. The characters were half-baked, the plot a mashed potpourri that would confound anyone with tiring metaphors pretending to be the salad that graced the plot. In the end, a burnt, mangled, congealed mess is what Sharmila's Book turns out to be. Avoid. Please.
  Soulmuser | May 30, 2017 |
Women today are free to marry whom they choose, but Sharmila Sen trusts in her parents. Unable to find 'the one', this thirty-two year old Chicago resident and Indian-American takes her mom’s advice, “that love develops after a marriage. It grows strongly, steadily, sending forth deep roots.” Giving her parents the power to arrange her marriage, Sharmila travels half way across the world to New Delhi, India to find love in Raj Khosla. He’s a business man, charmer and the number one candidate for marriage. Sharmila’s parents evaluate him and decide he’s the perfect match. Settling in to her new surroundings, Sharmila
begins to appreciate the Indian side of her heritage even more, eating new foods, speaking Hindu and dressing in traditional style clothing. Still, she can’t help but feel constricted by this foreign culture’s rules, which women must abide by, and the separation of social classes. Drawing closer to the Khosla family, Sharmila uncovers secrets that have been kept locked away for years, which cause her dismay. Even her seemingly perfect husband to be begins to fall apart over time. Her only solace is her friendship with the family chauffeur, Prem. Her conflicted emotions make her question her eventual marriage and herself. Sharmila realizes, “What do I know of life? Of love? Of suffering?”
Every page of Sharmila’s Book, a novel by Bharti Kirchner, emits character, love and deep emotion. While Sharmila endeavors to find a man both her equal and still retaining his heritage, one can imagine oneself by her side, seeing it all play out, like a chess game. Each move is planned perfectly and the language helps particularly well in the consistency and fluidity of the writing. Utilizing Hindu as a way to meld the cultures provides a learning experience for both Sharmila and the reader. For example, the ending which the servants addressed Sharmila by was memsahib, but as they became closer, they dropped the ending and simply called her by her name, which expressed their growing friendship. The style of writing that Kirchner uses, vivid descriptions and humanity poured into the pages, is also played up by the language, which is the axis that the book revolves around.
This book proves that without love, “You are left without breath, light, or hope. You don’t hear music anymore … Your world is like a desert.” People won’t only want to read this once or twice, but many times, extended over their life because it will never lose its meaning. With precision, insight and an eye for the human spirit, Bharti Kirchner creates a masterful tale of diversity in love, marriage and life. -J.C.
  StonehamHS_Library | May 3, 2011 |
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Born and raised in Chicago's Indian community, Sharmila Sen is a thirty-something artist, American in every respect but nonetheless longing for a deeper connection to her Indian heritage. Unlucky in love, Sharmila finally consents to follow the traditional path of arranged marriage and her mother soon finds Raj Khosla -- a handsome and successful New Delhi businessman -- for a perfect matrimonial match. Yet from the moment Sharmila arrives in India, events seem to conspire against her future happiness. Raj disappears for extended periods of time, leaving Sharmila to fend for herself in the uneasy and controlling presence of his mother. Most disconcerting of all is the mystery surrounding the "accidental" death of Raj's cherished first wife, whose memory is Sharmila's constant rival. Deliverance arrives in the unlikely person of Prem, the Khoslas' chauffeur, with whom Sharmila finds a daring relationship and a means to reexamine her life in a restrictive, exclusive culture that may or may not have a place for her. Filled with humor, romance, and suspense, Sharmila's Book tells the story of a contemporary woman who embraces the traditional life -- only to become liberated in the most unexpected ways.

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