Alexandr Slepichev Slepichev itibaren Ekkattampalayam, Tamil Nadu, Hindistan itibaren Ekkattampalayam, Tamil Nadu, Hindistan

I go back to this book again and again. Sometimes it feels uplifting, sometimes it's depressing and I wonder if I was crazy the first time.

You can see this as a genre novel if you wish, or if you're more cynical, you can read this as capitalizing on a historic tragedy. But I love this book because I think what it is really is a story about a child in mourning over the loss of a parent. Even the grandparents' story is really about how children deal with death and loss. And for that, this book is really quite remarkable.