Re-tyred
Discovering India
by Sara McMurry
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Pub Date 6 Mar 2019 | Archive Date 10 May 2019
Troubador Publishing Limited | Matador
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Description
Re-Tyred is an evocation of India as the author has experienced it as a volunteer in rural areas and on the streets of Kolkata, with beautiful photographs throughout.
In Himachal Pradesh, in magnificent scenery of snow-clad peaks and forested hillsides, the children were as poor as those in Rajasthan, and equally keen to learn. In Kolkata exists the deep gulf between rich and poor, living side-by-side. The author recalls being impressed by the aspirations of street children she taught, but saddened by traumas suffered by children who had been rescued by the volunteer organisation.
Despite their poverty, the energy and resilience of the village and street people was inspiring. The book touches upon the more sinister aspects of life in poorer areas such as child marriage, violence and lack of opportunity, and in stark contrast describes the colourful and exuberant celebrations of middle-class neighbours in Kolkata, after the author spent four weeks living with a bourgeois Indian family in Jaipur.
Re-Tyred paints a vivid and enticing picture of India as a country teeming with life and enormous vitality, a place where happiness doesn’t depend on having everything you want or need, appealing to readers of travel writing and memoirs.
A Note From the Publisher
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781838598679 |
| PRICE | US$6.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 200 |
Featured Reviews
Abby S, Reviewer
A fascinating look at India through the eyes of the author who first traveled as a tourist there became enchanted with the country and volunteered in different parts of India.Honest real look at the people tradtions both good and bad like child brides a very interesting read.#netgalley #troubadorbooks.
Mystica V, Reviewer
I like travel memoirs and though this is not a travel memoir as such, it was much more than that. The writer spent months spread over a number of years in parts of Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh as an English teacher volunteer. Her writings about her experiences in two very different locations added much interest to the work of teaching.
Rajasthan is desert country. Parched, dry and a hard life. Himachal Pradesh is picture perfect - mountains and valleys, green and fresh. The physical contrast alone was a very good story because the author paints a beautiful picture of both.
Her experience in dealing with simple, straight forward villagers who liked the idea of their children learning English but she also accepted the practices of the villagers and never tried to influence them to change their ways, despite her own personal ideas on the subjects. Very young marriages of girls at the age of 15 are common in the Rajasthan area, despite being illegal. Children are expected to help out on farms, with cultivation, with livestock. The family is of paramount importance, not the individual. The differences are many and all are very well articulated in this book.
Very vividly described both geography and people, this was a very entertaining read.
Rubayet N, Reviewer
I enjoyed the book and really liked it. Waiting to hear more from the author. Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the arc
Alicia P, Reviewer
This was interesting and a decent read. I liked it but didn’t love it. Still, if your into this type of nonfiction give it a try!
Reviewer 238609
I love travel memoirs and this one about the author's journey to India did not dissapoint. It was wonderfully written and beautifully told. I would recommend this book to anyone who.lives travel.
I would like to thank netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy free of charge. This is my honest and unbiased opinion of it.
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