Evening Is the Whole Day by Preeta Samarasan [in Bloomsbury Review]
01 Nov, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Malaysian, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American, Southeast Asian, Young Adult Readers
The wealthy Rajesekharan family of Ipoh, Malaysia is suddenly in shambles. Chellam, one of the family servants, has been mysteriously dismissed and leaves in utter disgrace. The bitter, difficult family matriarch is dead. Her son is...
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