It is not just the fact that I identified so closely with this book that made me like it so much. Or maybe it is. Maybe the fact that the book so blithely talked about something that was close to my own reality that made me prize it above others. Or maybe it’s because Dimple is a well drawn character, who is so very dynamic in emotional growth throughout the novel. Or her juxtaposition with the best friend who is in search for a culture and finds one, the very one that Dimple is so determined to throw away. Or maybe it’s the parents – my parents who have provoked many an eye roll for their deference to the ‘old ways’ and their refusal to move on and get with it. Or perhaps it is just the sheer mastery of her prose, her compelling plot, all of which contain elements that will make you love Born Confused whether or not you identify with the heroine. I recommend it to anyone who has felt a little lost while trying to hang on to what they have while trying to catch a hold of what they could have before realizing that you have to let something go before you can have something else. Yes, I know, convoluted sentence but you get what I mean.
