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Karen writes: Miranda Kennedy is an American journalist who took herself off to India as an unaffiliated journalist determined to have an experience in India beyond that of a tourist. She has an idea that this experience will be the making of her. Her family had gypsied around the world so she wasn't a completely naive traveller.She is particularly interested in the status and view of women in India. In a rapidly changing country old and new values and expectations collide and the role of women in this new world is fascinating. India is a very conservative society where the status of women seems to revolve around family no matter what your education or employment. Miranda has to fake a husband to get a flat in New Dehli and to the horror of her friends and neighbours rescues a couple of flea bitten moggies from life on the street. Despite being a foreigner she manages to immerse herself in some of the local life and make friends with three women. It's through their stories that we get to know a little of the lives of women in this era of change. Miranda is a wonderful writer with a curious mind and lets herself and her reader experience New Delhi and the role of women without much judgment. I found it a compelling snapshot of New Dehli and of the writer as she absorbs some of India.

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Miranda Kennedy was based in New Delhi for five years, reporting on South Asia for Marketplace Radio and National Public Radio programs. She covered some of the biggest stories in the region, including Afghanistan's first elections in a quarter century and the aftermath of the Asian tsunami . Kennedy is now an editor at National Public Radio in Washington.

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