Books by Roopa Farooki
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review 1: This was mildly engaging, kind of like a not as good White Tiger. The central character is a selfish man who doesn't want to settle down or commit to one identity, so spends his life flitting around the world, trying to avoid attachments, but against his will, people become attac...
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review 1: This book started slow for me and really started to pick up steam as it went on. It is about a family of three siblings who have been left behind by their parent's deaths. The youngest sister has Asperger's Syndrome, which has had an impact on the entire family. Written from all ...
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review 1: Three generations of the Khalil family. Zaki, a Bangladeshi immigrant came to London to set up a shop after his young wife died in Paris. He never wanted to be a shopkeeper, but his father set him up and with no alternatives, and a young son, Jinan, he consented. There he met D...
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review 1: I thoroughly enjoyed this and will be looking out for more work from this author. It was told from three viewpoints, which kept it interesting and added variation. All three characters were well depicted and believable. I have a special interest in what makes us who we are, but i...
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review 1: Genuinely lovely.Snuck up on me, too. The first chunk wasn't much fun, so little so that I started to have the conversation with myself about having the conversation with myself about letting it go. Totally depressing state of affairs for these afflicted young people bent on blam...