2. How does the novel challenge the idea of women being ‘too much’?

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As a child, Seema overhears Elizabeth describe her as ‘too much’ and the Valiet women are all unapologetically “too much” in different ways – too loud, too expressive, too flashy or too prideful. How did the novel make you consider the characterisation of women as being ‘too much’?