G368 Book Review of Losing Touch by Sandra Hunter
Name of Book: Losing Touch Author: Sandra Hunter ISBN: 978-1-78074-382-0 Publisher: Oneworld Book Type of book: India, Great Britain, culture clash, immigrant experience, 1960s-1970s, 2000s, spinal dystrophy, illness, relationships, family, understanding Year it was published: 2014 Summary: After Indian Independence Arjun brings his family to London, but hopes of a better life rapidly dissipate. His wife Sunila spends all day longing for a nice tea service, his son suddenly hates anything Indian, and his daughter, well, that’s a whole other problem. As he struggles to enforce the values he grew up with, his family eagerly embraces the new. But when Arjun’s right leg suddenly fails him, his sense of imbalance is more than external. Diagnosed with muscular dystrophy, he is forced to question his youthful impatience and careless cruelty to his family, until he learns, ultimately, to love them despite — or because of — their flaws. In a series of tender and touching glim...