The Space Between Us Book

Serabai sera dubash an upper middle class parsi widow and her domestic servant of more than twenty years bhima.

The space between us book. So my advice to you is read this book. Their union is tested again and again frayed by bhimas servile role by seras educated middle class parsi upbringing and by the deeply sown seeds of bigotry and class prejudice that rank bhima as less than human. I became invested in the story from the first page falling in the love with both the story and the characters. The space between us is a musing on the bond between two modern day bombay women.

Possible spoilers ahead amelia is a great main character though she has her flaws. The space between us takes place in present day india and centers on two women. The space between us is an amazing book that i read quickly because i couldnt put it down. The space between us thrity umrigars poignant novel about a wealthy woman and her downtrodden servant offers a revealing look at class and gender roles in modern day bombayalternatively told through the eyes of sera a parsi widow whose pregnant daughter and son in law share her elegant home and bhima the elderly housekeeper who must support her orphaned.

Both women have radically different lives yet there are overarching themes that bring them together their love for their children their hopes for a. Sera and her long time servant bhima. This book is also so emotional and i loved that about it. She points out that the space between us is not a novel about caste sera dubash is a parsi not a hindu and the parsis do not hold to the caste system but the more universal system of class.

The space between us is a very fitting title to the story of two women in bombay sera a parsi from the upper class and her domestic helper bhima who lives in the slum only 15 minutes away. Thrity umrigar slowly reveals to us their lives. Washington post book world. A portrayal oftwo woman discovering an emotional rapport as they struggle against.

When the space between us was first released umrigar was concerned that western readers would think of it as a book about a distant exotic culture and miss that the themes she draws on are universal. The space between us is the story of two women their families their loves their heartbreaks and their division by class.