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Thursday, June 20, 2024
Book Review: The Story I Told Myself
The Story I Told Myself by Arvashni Seeripat Genre: Historical Fiction / Indian ISBN: 9798989650903 Print Length: 280 pages Reviewed by Toni Woodruff | Content warnings: slavery, death of a child Shivali is married to a m…
Reviewed by Toni Woodruff | Content warnings: slavery, death of a child
Shivali is married to a monster: a man with iron fists, an impenetrably cruel heart. But we don't start with him. We start with her, the real hero of this story, Shivali, who has already killed him.
She's washing him away, releasing all traces of her marriage to him—from the sindoor in her hair to the bangles on her wrist and heart. Outside of the temple, waiting for her to finish, are the two children who are glad she killed him.
Soon after, the temple priest finds them there along with the traces of the truth. Despite being caught, this isn't the end of their story. The priest tells them of a place in South Africa that offers an indentureship: food, clothing, and shelter in exchange for hard work in sugarcane fields. A chance to start over, to be with her children, to let go of what she's done.
But this, it turns out, isn't the perfect chance to get out. Indentured in a form of near slavery, Shivali is worked to the brink; the people around her are being destroyed emotionally, physically, and sometimes killed. Is this really better than what she left behind?
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