Eda K K itibaren Baj Nagar, Uttar Pradesh 261151, India itibaren Baj Nagar, Uttar Pradesh 261151, India

This is the first novel I've read by this author and was quite taken with her ability to be humorous and to interweave her characters the way she does. It was like watching a chessmaster move pieces on the board! From back cover: "Gillon is an American Southerner, but definitely not a Southern belle. An art historian, she takes a job in London largely to escape the family and social pressures of her home town, Charleston, South Carolina. Once in London, she meets Tilly, the features editor on an arts magazine, and makes her first English friend. She also meets Henry, a wildlife photographer and Tilly's long-term boyfriend. Henry, like so many of his generation, can't commit to the one thing Tilly wants above everything - marriage. Inadvertently, Gillon offers Henry an escape - the chance to go and photograph the wonderful wildlife in South Carolina. Neither he nor she bargains on what he will find there, nor on the effect his departure will have on Tilly and the world he leaves behind."

A novel by a poet can be treacherous. This is a Vietnamese treat like pho and cha ca la vong. And the book is so richly written that you feel Kim Lan’s words: “your father is starving in the next town and you want to eat like a gourmet?!”