![]() ![]() And Lakshmi isn't even the youngest girl in the house. She is the age of an American girl in ninth grade, yet she has lived a lifetime in the Happiness House. ![]() In many other contexts, these sentences would be polite phrases spoken in introductory conversation-but here Lakshmi is giving a name to her face and an indication that there are many other people who worked to bring her to India (whether or not she knows that this is what her words do). These are some of the Indian words that Lakshmi knows. I am fourteen years old." (177.TheWordsHarishTaughtMe.27-29) There are other men with him, Indian men, and the American lady from the picture. In case you need a quick brush-up on how things wrap up, here you go: ![]() The ending to Sold is unsatisfying… And that's the point. ![]()
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