Friday, September 18, 2009

Stuff On My Head Part 1


The first in my new feauture, I bring you ...the book I'm currently reading, A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. About 60 or so pages into it, very good so far. Sorry for the poor quality of the photo, I was kind of pressuring Oldest to take the photo quickly, as the book kept slipping. There is no way I would have passed finishing school. I have no grace and zero balance.

Summary from Amazon: In 1975, in an unidentified Indian city, Mrs Dina Dalal, a financially pressed Parsi widow in her early 40s sets up a sweatshop of sorts in her ramshackle apartment. Determined to remain financially independent and to avoid a second marriage, she takes in a boarder and two Hindu tailors to sew dresses for an export company. As the four share their stories, then meals, then living space, human kinship prevails and the four become a kind of family, despite the lines of caste, class and religion. When tragedy strikes, their cherished, newfound stability is threatened, and each character must face a difficult choice in trying to salvage their relationships.

What's your favourite thing to put on your head? What would you like to see put on mine?

7 comments:

  1. LOL! A Fine Balance is my favourite book, so I hope you enjoy it.

    I think that you should avoid putting things on your head, but follow the instructions of the book title, so I love the balancing of this book, but perhaps if you want to read Catching Fire you could try taking a photo of you pretending to catch fire? Great feature!

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  2. I would have failed finishing school too. I've always tried balancing a book on my head and walking but I've never made it work!

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  3. You are funny. I have never heard of this book. It sounds really good.

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  4. E mum's gave that to me years ago and it took me ages to get round to it and once I did I was thinking "what took me so damn long"

    Glad you like it too :-)

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  5. Hi - just discovered your blog through BBAW (hopping from one blog to another). We have a few things in common (among others, I'm the mom of a young boy too and I also use too many perentheses). Looking forward to following your blog.

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  6. Fantastic Book!! Sad and so depressing. But so very good!

    Strange that it's on your head, though!

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  7. haha, stuff on my head! you're too funny! let's see. how bout one of the kiddos????

    :)~~

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