The Girl in the Road

The Girl in the Road does not fit easily into any one genre.  It is set in the future with lots of science fiction but there is plenty of realism in the story as well.  The story centers around two females, Mariama, born in Western Africa, and Meena, born prematurely in Addis Ababa to parents who were murdered but spent her adult life in India.  Mariama's story starts when she is young and without any family.  She sneaks aboard a convoy heading east to Ethiopia and finds some protectors who care for her and teach her to read.  Meena's story starts in India after an encounter with a snake sends her into hiding.   She decides to head to Africa on the Trans Arabian Linear Generator also known as the Trail.  It is an electricity-generating string of buoys across the Arabian Sea.  Both women have things from their pasts which they have difficulty facing.  I really enjoyed reading this book.  The narrative is so descriptive I had no problem imagining myself as part of the story.  While parts of the story are dark, the darkness was not overwhelming.

"I received this book fromBlogging for Books for this review."