![]() ![]() Even so, she saves many people throughout the course of the novel, first with the help of others and eventually by herself. Not only does she have to fight to stay alive and find her mother, she also has to wrestle her inner demon. But it is Melati's fight with OCD that makes her such a strong character. Melati is strongly afflicted with OCD, and the detail with which debut author Alkaf describes living with this disorder is precise and intense, especially Melati's conviction that she must constantly tap ordered patterns to satisfy the djinn (demon) otherwise, anyone close to her will die. At first, Melati, a Malay, takes shelter with a Chinese family, but eventually she goes into the city to find her mother. ![]() The historic 1969 race riots in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, have begun. Melati Ahmad is watching a Paul Newman movie with her best friend when the world explodes. ![]()
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