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'The Girl Child' by De.B. Dubois ~ Review



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The Girl Child
by
De. B. Dubois


 Blurb
Growing up as a strong-headed single child with a privileged upbringing in Calcutta, Devi has learned much from her surroundings. Her childhood memories are filled with mixed emotions – especially as she remains angry with her mother and the hypocrisy of women in India. On an unexpected journey home, she encounters reality – new stories and experiences of strangers, as well as friends. It has been years since she left Calcutta, yet the city’s untold stories haunt her. This time Devi is back in town to solve issues and above all, through some painful and hard revelations, to make peace with those she can.

My Review

'The Girl Child' by De.B. Dubois is primarily the story of Devi, a girl from Calcutta (now Kolkata), who returns to her motherland after many years. How does she take the sudden change of culture? Has anything changed here in all these years? Does she feel welcome in her own country and state, or the same old demons return to haunt her again?

I commend the author on writing about a sensitive but burning issue, of being a girl in a country like ours, and doing justice to it. It's not only Devi who had to face those demons, but her grandmother, her mother, and her friends had to too in different forms and sizes.

I recommend this book to everyone who is not afraid to face the naked truth and appreciates the long due sensitization this book has to offer.  

I give this book a 4 out of 5 stars.


Disclaimer: I received the electronic copy of this book by the author through The Book Club, in lieu of my honest review. No monetary transactions were involved.


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About the author
De.B. is an ordinary person with her daily struggles of being fun and peppy; as all those heavy readings on sociology, philosophy, history, art and culture have done her sombre. – Not that she is complaining, – however when things do get too hectic, her escape solutions are: long walks through nature trails with her adopted Maltese, a good glass of absinthe from Val-de-Travers, and creating visual arts. Her friends best describe De.B. Dubois as, – ‘the hermit’.
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