Nectar In A Sieve (Markandaya)

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Description: Nectar In A Sieve (Markandaya)

Genre: Children: Grades 3-4; Juvenile Nonfiction; Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction; Activity Books - General; Juvenile Nonfiction / Activity Books; History - United States/General;

Average Review: 3.5 stars

Review: In my point of view I enjoyed reading a novel that I could actually relate to. It made me think of the life style of people in india compared to my life style here in America. With my ethnicity being Indian I understood the Indian culture and how it works, but I didnt know that the culture effects the lifestyle of people. Being married so young forces a person to mature earlier than the expected age. Rukmani, the main character, experiences more in her life after marriage than before. To young people in America, we just want to have all the fun before we get married and not think about how we are going to get married. But for Rukmani, her parents were too poor to find a good husband for her, and as a [...] all she wanted was a good husband. Nathan, Rukmani's husband, certanily a good husband. He stayed and cared for her even when she thought she wasnt able to concive a child. Unlike Ira's husband who abandoned her because she was childless, Nathan repected Rukmani as his wife and loved her even more. So reading this novel has shown me many sides of poeple in the across the world and how a person's culture can effect a good life. Kamala Markandaya's style of writing is so unique from all the other authors I have read. She trys really hard to make the readers relate and actually feel the suffer for themselves. Kamala uses alot of descriptions but yet again she makes it simple and easy to understand. She gets deep into the writing without making it abstruse. Also Kamala has her own style of writing when it comes to punctuation and spelling. She spells many words as a typical Indian in India would use. Theres one thibg that I didnt quiet understand about the title, i didnt understand why she chose the title. I understand that Nectar has to go through a seive to become pure and clean. So I guess that relates to Rukmani's life, because she had to go through so much suffer in life to find happiness and become pure. Anyways my overall opinion for Nectar in a Seive is that it was great novel that I could relate to so much but yet again I learned so much from it. I really enjoyed reading this novel and i would recommend it to any type of reader. ~Khusbu Desai Dorman High School (South Carolina)