Arun, the immigrant roommate she’s been illegally subletting to, has discovered the secret she’s spent so many years hiding, and is trying to blackmail her. Secretly, she was also glad to be able to escape the terrifying future she saw in store for her under the sadistic discipline of Sister Cynthia, who would take over her care once she aged out of the home.įast forward eighteen years and the now Sri Lankan American Paloma Evans is an alcoholic barely holding herself together. It felt like a dream come true, even if it meant leaving everything and everyone she knew and loved behind. Evans from San Francisco took an interest in her and wanted to take her home as their daughter. She could hardly believe it when rich and beautiful Mr. It's hard to believe this novel is a debut, but it makes me incredibly excited to see what Jayatissa does next, as she has a bright future ahead of her.When Paloma was growing up in the Little Miracles Girls’ Home in Sri Lanka, all she wanted was to be adopted.
It's thoughtful and engaging, but also quite profound. But the exploration of Paloma's identity and character is what really drew me to this book and has me thinking about it long after I turned the final page. It's also surprisingly funny-Jayatissa has a great sense of humor that serves Paloma well as she slowly reveals her full self to the reader. a well-written psychological thriller that kept me hooked from beginning to end (no small feat right now, as my attention span is severely limited, thanks to world events). Her simmering anger instantly spoke to me, because it's something that many Asian American people can understand: exhaustion from having to play the part of the model minority. She's unlikeable from the start-impatient, frustrated, and entirely disinterested in making a good impression on the reader or anyone else around her. I instantly took to the main character, Paloma.
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