Review of Towelhead (2008) by Priya Jain for Premiere — 12 Sep 2015
To call Towelhead exploitative is to miss the point. What made Towelhead the novel so extraordinary was the honesty in Jasira's adolescent narrative voice, the genuine way she misguidedly, but honestly, conflates the sexual attention she receives with the parental affection she really needs.
With the film, Ball, though he drops the book's first person narration, is faithful to that voice.
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This review of Towelhead (2008) was written by Priya Jain and published by Premiere on 12 September 2015.
Towelhead has generally received positive reviews.
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