I picked this up as part of the shortlist of the Women's Prize for fiction and it was incredible. I find it difficult to review with such positive words though because the content is shocking, violent, real and heartwrenching. My version came with a list of people with whom the book should be shared with: judgemental feminists, violent men, women in violent relationships or those who have escaped.. But truly it should just have said EVERYONE. It is a thunderbolt of a book, unapologetic about its content but also some of the best writing I have ever read.

Read this, talk about it, share it, celebrate Meena's feminism, and your own.