A coming of age story flipping between Partition and the 1980s, dealing with religions, families, school, and misogynist abuses of all kinds. It's infA coming of age story flipping between Partition and the 1980s, dealing with religions, families, school, and misogynist abuses of all kinds. It's infused with a lot of whimsy in the 'talking vulture' part of the plot, which for me rather undermined the emotional heft. Good depiction of the 'walking on eggshells' style of emotional abuse created by living with an angry father, but in the end felt a tad glib. ...more