read alongside ds for his history studies. a girl discovers her deeper roots in India when her grandmother - an activist in Gandhi's time - visits the family for the first time. very Canadian in it's approach, it does a pretty good job of demonstrating the minefield that is the reaction to second generation immigrants - too right leaning cause an us-versus-them attitude, and too left leaning causes overcompensation via white liberal guilt. how's a gal supposed to belong when either side keeps emphasizing their 'other' nature?