Pre-Owned All the Fishes Come Home to Roost : An American Misfit in India (Paperback) 9781594865268

from lquilter

I like reading the occasional memoir, depending on the person's life, but I don't usually read them for their writing style. But Brown's memoir was wonderful to read, because it was super-interesting, AND the writing was great. She managed to be funny, despite obviously working through her trauma...

from FrancescaForrest

(also posted on LJ--content is the same)I've been wanting to read this book, the author's memoir of years spent as the lone child in an ashram in hot and dusty central India, for quite some time. I'm interested in the emotional costs of alternative lifestyles, in how children cope with the untena...

from rivkat

I was a bit worried about reading this, because I really enjoy the author's journal, and what if I didn't like the book, which is a bit outside of my usual fare? Fortunately, it's great! Brown describes a child's-eye view of a terrifying upbringing in rural India, where she moved with her guru-fo...

from rivkat

I was a bit worried about reading this, because I really enjoy the author's journal, and what if I didn't like the book, which is a bit outside of my usual fare? Fortunately, it's great! Brown describes a child's-eye view of a terrifying upbringing in rural India, where she moved with her guru-fo...

from FrancescaForrest

(also posted on LJ--content is the same)I've been wanting to read this book, the author's memoir of years spent as the lone child in an ashram in hot and dusty central India, for quite some time. I'm interested in the emotional costs of alternative lifestyles, in how children cope with the untena...