The Spice Maker's Secret: A gripping, emotional and heartbreaking historical novel by Renita D'Silva

Author:Renita D'Silva [D'Silva, Renita]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781800198029
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2024-01-02T16:00:00+00:00

Each day, Sunitha updates Bindu on Ajji’s health, having liaised with the doctor on her behalf. Bindu, while grateful to Sunitha, is saddened and frustrated that she must rely on her friend for this, while she’s forced to spend her time pasting a smile on her face and nodding along to the inane conversation and catty gossip of bored socialites. She visits Ajji when she can, but the brief snatches of precious time with her grandmother are never enough. Ajji is getting better, but she isn’t out of the woods yet. She’s still very weak and confused. Once or twice she has smiled at Bindu, the gleam of love in her cloudy gaze, but before Bindu could make conversation, Ajji’s eyes had closed and she’d fallen back asleep.

The doctor, a thin, unprepossessing white man not much taller than Bindu, who nevertheless performs miracles, promises: ‘Your grandmother will get better, but, mind you, she has several complications – not just as a result of this illness, but also due to long-term starvation – which need to be dealt with.’

Long-term starvation. Oh, Ajji. Her grandmother going without so Bindu could eat, grow. Her grandmother sacrificing her own health for her grandchild’s well-being.

‘She’ll need ongoing medical care,’ the doctor warned.

And Bindu marvelled that she didn’t have to think twice about agreeing. Selling her soul and losing her freedom by marrying the landlord’s son had paid off if it meant Ajji was guaranteed medical care for as long as she needed it.

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