This book has an obvious feminist message, but I think it’s a type of feminism that differs from the kind that we encounter everyday as American women. What can we glean about womanhood/girlhood from Poornima/Savitha? At the beginning of the novel, no one seems to think twice about prioritizing male needs over female ones. But over time, Poornima and Savitha begin to prioritize each other, even putting themselves in dangerous situations in hopes of finding the other. Is this a healthy reaction to their situations? Do we feel like their priorities worked out for them in the end?