The Story Hour (CD-Audio)

from SilversReviews

Storytelling and helping others was what Lakshmi did best along with her cooking and work ethics. Her life was a story to tell, and she had Maggie to listen and to learn from her stories. THE STORY HOUR takes the reader through the lives of Lakshmi and Maggie...one the patient and one the doctor....

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The first chapter is from Lakshmi's perspective and in her own limited English. Initially I felt certain this writing style was going to distract me and pull me out of the story, but I slowly grew to love it. Lakshmi's language abilities gave me a much greater understanding of the confusion and i...

from SueS7

What I enjoyed most about this story was the insight into another culture, and the wonderful metaphors and expressions. I couldn't help but get cross with Maggie for having an affair. The growth in Lakshmi unfolds and is uplifting to see her life being turned around. The cultural differences betw...

from whitreidtan

Thrity Umrigar seems to just instinctively understand people, how they tick, and the misunderstandings and mistakes that can happen when people with very different cultures, classes, or pasts come together. She proved it in The Space Between Us and The Weight of Heaven and she's back with her ast...

from Randall.Hansen

A well-written and interesting character study of two women whose lives are brought together initially because of the actions of the one and the profession of the other. One of the women is an immigrant from India (whose chapters are written in broken English so that it reads like you are actuall...