Rupinder Gill
Autor de On the Outside Looking Indian: How My Second Childhood Changed My Life
Obras de Rupinder Gill
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
Miembros
Reseñas
Listas
Premios
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 2
- Miembros
- 63
- Popularidad
- #268,028
- Valoración
- 3.3
- Reseñas
- 5
- ISBNs
- 5
As the only Indian family in a primarily white community, Rupinder relates stories of the dreaded shopping for school clothes at the discount store in the mall, attempting to trade food with her schoolmates during lunch, being compelled to wear full Indian suits during the school's ethnic celebration (at which all the other students were "third-generation Canadian white, and thus dressed in their native dress of jeans and T-shirts"). She sets out to learn to swim, tap dance, and buy a dog all at once, and ends up overwhelmed with worry, spending hours trying on bathing suits, taking allergy tests to make sure that she is not allergic to dogs, and borrowing pets from friends. Finally, Rupinder's sister Gurpreet decides to get a dog -- a Norfolk terrier named Auggie, who soon becomes the pet of the entire Gill family, even their parents. As the weeks go by, Rupinder volunteers as a camp counselor, moves to New York City after quitting her job, and takes a trip to India with her mother.
I enjoyed reading Rupinder's narrative; her stories are well-told and evoke memories of my own Chinese American upbringing. However, the flow of the chapters is a little choppy; there are three parts to the book, but the first part is about 150 pages, while the third part is only 30. The final chapters of the book seem rushed, while the conclusion felt like it left the reader hanging -- the author speaks of an upcoming trip in the next year, but also determines that she has been "unabashedly selfish" for the past twelve months. For all the time spent describing her enjoyment in spending time with friends, family and new experiences, the book seemed to close on a confusing note.… (más)