Painting Kuwait Violet by Pamela Q. Fernandes – Review by Elena Tabacaru

Painting Kuwait Violet by Pamela Q. Fernandes
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Colour me impressed. Like Kuwait was painted Violet and Violet was “painted” forever by Kuwait. A plot that gets your interest right from the beginning. Kuwait immediately after war, but prospering and being the attraction of citizens from other unfortunate countries. Violet, from Goa, India leaves her pride home and comes to Kuwait to pay her family’s debt by working as a maid. Though everything is thrilling with what happens in the house, the missing maids, the weird noises, the author highlights some very serious issues that even today persists. So many graduates nowadays work in different fields in order to maintain themselves without having the chance to put that degree at use. The way Violet and the other maids were treated is something that many immigrants have to pass through even in these days. So hats down for Pamela to touch such a sensitive subject.

A book about history, life lessons, different cultures but also full of adrenaline that will keep you in your toes till the very end!

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