{"id":49419,"date":"2022-06-08T11:12:53","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T15:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=49419"},"modified":"2022-06-09T15:14:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T19:14:24","slug":"honor-by-thrity-umrigar-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/honor-by-thrity-umrigar-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Honor by Thrity Umrigar [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-49425\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Honor-Thrity-Umrigar-BookDragon-500x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Honor-Thrity-Umrigar-BookDragon-500x800.jpg 500w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/05\/Honor-Thrity-Umrigar-BookDragon.jpg 638w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><strong>*STARRED REVIEW<\/strong><br \/>\nSneha Mathan returns for her third outstanding collaboration with Thrity Umrigar, their shared Indian heritage again enhancing their author\/narrator symbiosis. Accents, genders, ages, backgrounds, and emotions abound, but Mathan embraces diverse characterizations with effortless ease.<\/p>\n<p>In a remote Indian village, a young Hindu widow has gone public \u2013 too much a rare occurrence even now \u2013 with the heinous crimes she\u2019s survived: egregiously claiming honor, Meena\u2019s brothers burned her Muslim husband alive and left Meena unrecognizable. Shannon, a white journalist, has been covering Meena\u2019s story, but impending surgery leads her to contact colleague Smita.<\/p>\n<p>Two decades have passed since Smita and her family fled Mumbai \u2013 return was <em>never\u00a0<\/em>intended \u2013 but Smita nevertheless leaves her vacation to be a supportive friend, only to learn Shannon needs Smita to continue Meena\u2019s coverage as her court date looms. At least Shannon offers Mohan, a local friend who happens to be rather available as translator and guide. Their initially combative relationship will, of course, eventually unravel the mysteries of Smita\u2019s frozen past.<\/p>\n<p>While the narrative favors Smita and Mohan, Mathan makes sure every character is richly realized, proving stupendously affecting in the village scenes, which feature still-so-innocent Meena, her caustically wheedling mother-in-law, and her brutish brothers. And that final chapter that begins and ends with Abru \u2013 as in \u2018honor\u2019 \u2013 will haunt readers for a long, <em>long\u00a0<\/em>time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Honor-\/pid=9762781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Media<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Honor-\/pid=9762781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">,&#8221; <em>Booklist<\/em>, May 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*STARRED REVIEW Sneha Mathan returns for her third outstanding collaboration with Thrity Umrigar, their shared Indian heritage again enhancing their author\/narrator symbiosis. Accents, genders, ages, backgrounds, and emotions abound, but Mathan embraces diverse characterizations with effortless ease. 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