A father who would rather count his problems than his blessings . . .
An eldest daughter who failed to weigh the cost of pleasing her much-loved father . . .
An eldest son burdened with his father’s expectations . . .
A change in perspective wrought by a horrendous tsunami . . .
Ego, pride, anger, revenge, guilt . . .
This raw memoir of an impoverished Indian family explores the fateful decision to send the oldest son to Jamaica to work.
Short chapters with intriguing titles such as “The Temporary Wife,” “Disagreement Over Bikinis” and “The Nude Island” help the story flow.
“The author’s emotional narration of the family dynamics that materialized while they struggled to make ends meet and the heartache of her brother’s long separation from them was both touching and insightful,” says Florence Osmund, the American author of Regarding Anna and Nineteen Hundred Days. “This was an interesting story told from the heart.”
REVIEW
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2016
Told by the eldest daughter in an impoverished Indian family, “The Guilt Is Alive” is the bittersweet account of a young man’s journey to Jamaica in search of a means to contribute to the family’s income. The author’s emotional narration of the family dynamics that materialized while they struggled to make ends meet and the heartache of her brother’s long separation from them was both touching and insightful. This was an interesting story told from the heart.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Even as she Juggles and maintains the balance between home and work life, she still manages to write a few pages every day. Her books generally describe the contemporary life-style of people and the complications they get entangled with.
She also likes to write about women and the variegated challenges they face.
