I enjoyed this book very much. (from. Korea)

One of my all time favorite books. I read it again and again. Love it!

bad pronunciation and accent

The deeper meaning of these stories continues to occur to me, many days after having listened.

I enjoyed the short stories just fine but was not as absorbed as I had hoped to be. I had a major problem with the narrator and I'm not sure if it was in fact her voice that blocked me from further engaging with the stories and book itself. The narrator made the female voices overly high and airy, giving them a childish, superficial sound. I found it incredibly distracting and I think that it had the overall effect of reducing the impact of the writing of Jhumpa Lahiri. I found this a shame!

The book took a while before I became really emotionally involved with the characters. The title story was my most favorite...perhaps because it was a bit longer? Ms. Lahiri is obviously a keen observer of people and she brings that together with her imagination and writing skills, a great combination for the reader.