I have reached page 156 and Parvati is almost thirteen. The Guru came to her home when she was twelve and asked her to come to what is basically his dancing school. The girls at this school, handpicked by him, devote their lives to dancing and the gods. Parvati decided to go, for the school would send her family money. This nearly broke her heart, though, because she would not be able to see her family for many, many years.
And so starts her new life.
I am convinced that Parvati is an extremely brave girl, for I would not have been able to deal with half of what she withstands. The ostracism she suffers in her home village continued at the school, so she has only one friend. I have moved from one state to another in the recent past, but I know I can only understand a little of Parvati's pain.
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