Book Review: A Difficult Mother-in-Law and Forced Intimacy

Some People is a story about Malti, an older woman who has had a hard life.

She raised her daughter, Kavya, mostly on her own.

Kavya travels to India to study and stays with her father, which deeply upsets Malti.

Then Malti has an accident and needs someone to stay with her for a week.

Nathan, Kavya’s estranged husband, agrees to help.

Malti and Nathan do not get along at first.

As they talk, they share more about their lives and their relationship with Kavya.

The reviewer says the book is funny, though some conversations feel repetitive.

The story asks whether talking can help people understand one another.