THE SPICE GARDEN
by Michael Vatikiotis
Published by Equinox Publishing, Jakarta, Singapore, 2003
Paperback 253 pages

A COMMUNITY that has experienced a series of traumas will often turn inward and cover itself, unable to tell others of the hurt. How, when each word would only open the wound, rendering it raw again? Yet tell the members must, if they want to begin a healing process. The whole community needs to lift the cover and together tak