subject: A Fiction Book Preview: "The Summer Break" [print this page] A Fiction Book Preview: "The Summer Break"
Did you know that boxing is actually a new way of waltzing! So graceful and ouch! It hurts and can lead to cuts and bruises! Did you know that a cat can cause amnesia? Beware of cats and their fateful mewing! Did you know that nursery rhymes have the power to cause chaos and confusion? Or, did you know that all Grandfathers are monkeys? DID YOU KNOW?
Well, its time you found out. So, move aside Harry Potter, wizards, and witches its time for some real bites and doses of "desi" realistic fiction. In her first novel brimming with excitement and humor, Nirupama Rao says it all. Five Indian children spend summer holidays together and what follows is utter bedlam, laughs, and mischief. Rao takes the reader on a journey capturing the essence of contemporary Indian lifestyle, penning emotions, attitudes unique to the Indian mindset.
Set in South Delhi, Rao begins her tale providing a rich, vivid description of the neighborhood, houses, and neighbors. The descriptions are so cleverly crafted that the reader can easily picture the neighborhood in his or her mind. Rao focuses attention in the first few pages of the book on the principal characters the Sandu family. There is 14 year-old Rahul, the twin sisters aged 11 called Sheila and Tanya, their widowed father, Prakash Sandu, and Grandfather and Grandmother. And to this threesome, the author adds three more characters of cousins, eight year-old Mini, and five year-old Mahesh along with their pet mongrel, Junior, who drop in for a long summer vacation.
In Rao's Summer Break, Indian children do answer and argue with parents they do lie, and yes! Make mistakes, repent, and are also vindictive! Rao succeeds in challenging stereotypes of Indian children held by the West. Her characters lie, commit blunders, argue and fight with elders, and disobey elders! And it is realistic! Summer Break reflects changing India! The novel does not preach or state but shows, and helps a reader realize the value of family and friends no matter what you can always count on family.
So, is the novel only a collection of humorous incidents? BIG DEAL! Where is the drama the actionthe adventure? Summer Break has plenty of it all in the right places. Subtle humor penetrates every nook and cranny of this delightful page-turner. And, this subtle humor just keeps on building like bubbling lava, and the volcano of dramatic rib-tickling laughter just explodes. Witty, pacy conversations, provocative action keep the reader salivating for more as every page is turned. Summer Break is a book for everyone be it a child, an adolescent, a teen, a parent, a grandparent, or a professional! It is a novel fit for readers of all cultures, nationalities, and religion.
Summer Break is a must-read. Order "Summer Break" by Nirupama Rao, ISBN 9781452069142 on www.authorhouse.com or, amazon.com or any bookstore by giving the ISBN number and novel title The Summer Break by Nirupama Rao, ISBN 97815420069142 right now!
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