A review by wetherspoonsgf
Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

on the one hand, this book deals with disability about as well as you'd expect in 1980. on the other hand, it has one of the best passages about alcoholism ever written. 

any book with a 'the girls put on trousers and realise the patriarchy exists' scene is automatically capped at 4 stars and it bungles the ending a bit but it's very well written.