The Unikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters by Balli Kaur Jaswall. New York, William Morrow, 2019. 312 pages. ****
The British born Shergill sisters-- Rajni, Jezmeen, and Shirina --travel to India on a pilgrimage to fulfill their deceased Mother's request. Having grown apart as they have gotten older, they don't really know one another and their constant bickering and fighting doesn't help. All three bring their own issues and secrets on the trip as well as their resentments about their role and treatment in the family. Somewhere along the way, each sister gaisn insight into the role their mother had to play in her husband's family and they come to terms with the expectations for women in their culture. No trip with three sisters would be complete without at least one arrest and one disappearing sister. A heart-warming story of love and acceptance!
This book is one of the choices in the Bee Keepers - The Book Hive Book Club. It is my October read and I am so glad it was chosen. Not a book I would have picked up on my own, but an enjoyable read. If you have a sister, you will understand and bring your own experiences to the story. I borrowed a copy from the library to read because the book came with a multitude of post-it flags on the pages and post-it notes throughout. Drove me crazy...is this something new in Fiction book reading? A total distraction for this retired librarian.
Balli Kaur Jaswal was born in Singapore and grew up in Japan, Russia, and the Philippines. She studies creative writing at Hollins University in Virginia and has taught fiction at Nanyang Technological University and Yale-NUS College in Singapore. Her novel Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows was an international bestseller and a Resse's Book Club pick. She lives in Singapore.
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