Jen G’s Reviews > Uprising > Status Update

“But at that moment, with the promise of going home presented to her, a story that would explain her reappearance, Kusum realized that she could never go home, not after everything that had happened. It wasn't because she would have to lie about where she had been, but because where she had been, here with us, had become who she was.”

“Our mothers had lived too many years to believe that everything Kusum promised was going to come true, but…we…ate it up like little sweets, ready to imagine life wasn't going to be just a parade of bad things from now on, that we weren't lining up to have the same fate as our mothers. And for that, Kusum had our loyalty, our devotion, our very souls. She made us dream, and in return, we loved her.”