Brief Description (back of the book): The setting is Bombay, mid 1990's. Nariman Vakeel, suffering from Parkinson's disease, is the elderly patriarch of a small, discordant family. Family Matters is a story of familial love and obligation, of memory's ability to keep truth alive, and of the danger of memory denied. At once sweeping and intimate, comic and tragic, it is a kaleidoscopic, profoundly affecting saga of home and heart.
Why I recommend this book: This was another perspective on Indian cultural values and the harsh reality of obligation and poorly developed relationships. A suffering man is carefully schemed against by his daughter, while being left helpless to her contempt towards him and her unfulfilled life. This was a tale of suffering: a father at the hands of age and illness, and a daughter in a life of loneliness and inability to find peace. These serious components are directly offset by an entertaining writing style and well developed characters. A 'champion' read, in my opinion.
Do I have a copy others can borrow: No
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