Angel, Cora, and Donita are Filipina domestic workers in Singapore. This novel explores their lives before during and after a friend is accused of murdering her employer. As they try to help and also maintain their own safety and livelihoods, we get an inside look into the abuse, prejudice, and judgement heaped on domestic workers. Each of the three women deals with their treatment and own past and hurts. 

Balli Kaur Jaswal’s story opened my eyes to the plight of the women. The food writing was good and I often found myself hungry while reading. Jaswal’s story took a few turns that took me out of the story and made me want to shut the book. 

I cared for Cora and wanted to know how her story resolves so I ket reading. The parts of the novel about grief, injustice, and love were my favorite based on how Jaswal wrote them with respect and care. I might recommend this to the right reader but this story wasn’t for me.