Title: Haunting portrait of impossible love in a repressive world
Product review: Suzanne Fisher Staples' sequel to her acclaimed novel Shabanu is, in many ways, a far more detailed, far more heartbreaking portrait of her heroine's life, mind, and world. The descriptions are vivid and lovely, yet there are undercurrents of tension, treachery, and danger involved. Although tragedy, death, and hopeless love are tightly woven into the plot, Haveli is not entirely a book about sadness, for Staples' tenacious Shabanu refuses to let go of life despite its trials. The open ending is enigmatic enough to be maddening, but the entire experience of the rest of the novel far outweighs it.
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