Shannon Hennessey #3

The last third of the book was filled with so many different emotions and tones fr the book. It would be so hard to pick just one. But because I have to I would pick hopeless. The main reason for this is because Lakshmi had all this hope near the middle of the book, not hope for herself but hope for her family. She thought that all the money she was earning was going to her family. That is why I chose the tone of hopeless, once she found out where the money goes to, thats what she turned into. Hopeless. "She laughs. 'You think the money goes home to your family?' she says. I tell myself she is talking nonsense, the nonsense that comes when she is drunk." (89%) When Shilpa, also known as Mumtaz's slave, tells Lakshmi where the money goes, her first thought is that she is too drunk to speak any sense at all. At this poin Lakshmi has hope left, but is slowly loosing it. "It has been three days since I learned the truth from Shilpa. I ran from her; sraight to my room, where I was sick to my stomach all day and night. Fot two days more I lay in bed, too wretched to move." (90%) Lakshmi can't get over the fact that Shilpa might have been telling the truth, She feels hopeless that all of her work had gone to waste.

Review:
The book Sold was a very inspiring book. The reason why it was so inspiring was the detail of the sadness that Lakshmi had to go through yet how she pulled through in the end, she pulled through enough to stand up for herself to Mumtaz and risk her life and her humiliation with the Americans. I would suggest reading sold but only if you are ready for a heart-renching time. Although sold is on the short side for a novel it was filled with so many details and so many different perspectives that you barely even noticed the legnth. I really enjoyed reading Sold and I hope that we can read similar books to it.