Jasmine or Jazz as her family and close childhood friend Steve call her goes to India for the summer. So far In her time there she feels uncomfortable because of her encounter with a homeless lady she tried to help backfired and the reason they were in India was to help an orphanage. She wants nothing to do with it because she can't face everyone being angry again.
This withheld anger that she has with her parents for making her feel that all she does is ruin things is carried on to her college life in California, where Steve her secret lover is. He doesn't notice that she's in love with him so he doesn't realize when he points out her flaws that he hates she takes it personally, she honestly cares.
In India I think she is searching for a way through that anger and to forgiveness from herself as well as everyone else. Then and only then will she be able to get over her fear of not being good enough and think about the orphanage and the things her mom want to do to bring her family together even closer.
I loved this book! I agree, throughout the book I think Jazz was searching for herself. I think she gave up too quickly after the incident she had with the homeless woman who stole all the money at her work. I think at first she didn't want to help people like her mother because she felt every time she tried to do something good, it backfired. I like how you made the connection of her wanting to bring her family closer by going to India and returning to her mother's home of which she loved and missed. Good post!
ReplyDeletei like how you put a summary without telling what actually happens in the end and you add the right amount of details that makes me want to read the book and you make it pretty obvious what the social issue(s) are/is.
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