Bone & Bread Pages 140 - 296 (It does not get any happier)

Hello everyone! Hope your week was full of happiness because this book sure isn't but oh well such is life. Let's jump right into it.

In this weeks reading the time between past and present begins to diminish and we are introduced to many new developments. The main thing that really caught my eye during this week's reading (and rightfully so) is the true introduction to Beena's sister Sadhana and her ongoing struggle with anorexia.

Little side note - I'm not gonna lie, I didn't know much about anorexia when I first read it so I searched it up. For future reference try not to search it up it's uh, well, it's a very tragic condition.

We are also to the very real possibility that Beena is pregnant with Ravi's baby. The author writes "When I came out, clutching my stomach, she said, smirking, 'Hope it isn't morning sickness.' Then her eyes got wide as we stared at each other" (Nawaz 149). This quotation all but confirms that Beena is indeed pregnant and we learn shortly about Ravi and him leaving Beena. Ravi was introduced at the end of last week's reading but honestly I didn't think much of him. I was so taken aback by all the tragedy that I thought Ravi to merely be a distraction in the life of the sisters. Quite the opposite actually, he turns out to be another source of devastation for Beena.

As the reading continues contrast becomes a main focus between the two sisters. It is ironic in the sense that one of the most beautiful acts on the planet and one that generally brings people together (that of giving birth) is a burden and drives Beena and Sadhana further apart as they trend into adulthood. As Beena grows with the baby Sadhana shrinks with her constant workouts and never eating. Another huge event that begins to mark the separation between the two sisters is when the sisters "stopped bleeding at the same time" (Nawaz 145). Now, I myself have never experienced this problem so it is difficult to relate to however, I have had many instances where me and my sister become distant. So I can relate to the sister's struggle to connect in this sense. I feel as though they are similar to me and my sister in that they simply are different types of people. In the novel, Beena is the kept to, quiet one in a sense while Sadhana is seen as the popular girl. In my case, I view myself as a more quiet Beena type person, while my sister is most definitely more outgoing and louder and thus a more Sadhana type person (my sister is perfectly healthy I mean this only in personality).

As this week's reading concludes you'd think things start to get better, however, they don't. Beena has the baby and names it, Quinn. She then tries to contact Ravi Nawaz writes "Later that week I went to a phone booth and dialed the number his mother had given me" (Nawaz 259). This puzzled me at first but then I realized the action of contacting Ravi is one of the few I can relate to. I understand the feeling of missing someone even if you feel as though you shouldn't. I often find myself missing my parents when I'm away for short periods of time, something that is not entirely like this situation but resembles it slightly. The point is we become attached to certain people no matter what they do to us.

That finishes off another grueling week. I hope for more good stuff next week! I'm not gonna get it though. Tune in next time. See ya!