The Namesake

So far the book is very slow and a little difficult for me to read. I'm only on page 40, but i will take more time in the weekend and catch up. However I really like the story and it's getting more interesting every page. The main character of the story is this woman name Ashima. Before she had her baby, she was a happy woman who loved to cook and please her husband. But now, after she had her little baby boy, she is a very sensitive woman. For example, she crys when her husband doesn't anwer his cell phone or she cried when she didn't have any white rice, and when her neighbor offered her brown rice she didn't even bother to try it. She is also a very religious woman. She still wants to move back to Bengali, because she thinks she has to raise her son all by herself and she feels like she doesn't belong in America. In Ashima's family tradition which is Bengali, it's always the grandmother who names babies being born. When Ashima found out her grandmother had a stroke, she was very sad and thought her baby was not going to be lucky in the future. And she regretted giving her son a pet name in Bengali after she found out her grandmother was going to die. At the same time I also think she is a very nice and caring person. Everyday she takes care of her son by herself while her husband is at work. She welcoms their close friends and neighbors when they come to visit her baby boy and help out. And she loves her son so much that she want to start knitting sweaters, blankets, mittens, and caps.