G609 Book Review of The Color of Our Sky by Amita Trasi
Name of Book: The Color of our Sky Author: Amita Trasi ISBN: 9780692429402 Publisher: Bloomhill Books Type of book: India, temple prostitutes, 2004-2009?, 1986-1993, sisterhood, friendship, survival, castes, living in USA, trying to do the right thing Year it was published: 2015 Summary: A sweeping, emotional journey of two childhood friends—one struggling to survive the human slave trade and the other on a mission to save her—two girls whose lives converge only to change one fateful night in 1993. India, 1986: Mukta, a ten-year-old girl from the lower caste Yellamma cult of temple prostitutes has come of age to fulfill her destiny of becoming a temple prostitute. In an attempt to escape this legacy that binds her, Mukta is transported to a foster family in Bombay. There she discovers a friend in the high spirited eight-year-old Tara, the tomboyish daughter of the family, who helps her recover from the wounds of her past. Tara introduces Mukta to a different worl...