My year of reading women around the world started off with a bang with my January book, Wayétu Moore’s She Would be King. Thus, I jumped into February with equal tenacity, excited to delve into yet another work that would help me explore more traditions, more cultures, just . . . more.

February’s book is Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s One Amazing Thing. This book seemed to come to me almost by some divine inspiration, as it was given to me by a close friend before I had told anyone about this project.