So, getting this blog back to where it is actually supposed to be: I just finished reading --
by Vanitha Sankaran.
This was a pretty impressive read. It didn't take me too long to finish, but it was certainly a book I was not, at any point, ready to put down and finish later.
The premise for this book was actually quite interesting, and I really loved the way the first chapter was done. Thrown into the mess we were.
A midwife, against the orders of the church, cuts a baby from her dying mother's womb. The baby, born albino -- in a world where witchcraft and heritics are found and killed through ignorance and supersition by friends and neighbors -- is taken by the midwife. The midwife knows that she should kill the child...
but she cannot bring herself to do it. Instead, she cuts out the child's tongue so that the babe may never preach the words of the devil.
The baby's sister and father rescue her, but there is nothing they can do. She is mute. Mute in a world who already fears her because of her coloring... most importantly, her eyes.
Her father is a papermaker. He does not sell much and simply enjoys the work he does. She becomes his apprentice and goes on during the time of heritics and death by the church. The whole story is about her life and how she hides herself away from the damndation of the church and accidentally brings the heritics right into her families lives.
An absolutely amazing read! It wasn't on my list, but has now been added and scratched out. I soon will be starting On Folly Beach:
by Karen White.
It is a mystery and I'm rather looking forward to seeing what this novel has to offer.
I'll keep everyone updated.
