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A review by _askthebookbug
Small Days and Nights by Tishani Doshi
4.0
Small days and nights.
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Thank you @bloomsburyindia for sending over this beautiful book.
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The cover is what drew me in. A free-spirited woman with three dogs accompanying her, depicts a lot of things and when I finished this book, I knew exactly what the cover was trying to say. Small days and nights is a book that talks about the feeling of home and the people you build one with. This is the kind of writing that I truly enjoy, something that reminded me of Jhumpa Lahiri and Arundhati Roy. For this is the reason why I couldn't put it down till I read the last page.
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The protagonist is a middle-aged woman named Grace, who experiences a sudden change post her mother's death. She reminiscences about her childhood days as she analyses her parent's relationship over the years and how unhappy it made them as the years proceeded. Grace was born to an Italian man and an Indian woman, the result of her talking vastly about her life in both Italy and India. Grace then discovers the secret of her sister whom she never knew existed until her mother died.
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Lucia, a young woman suffering from Down's syndrome has been growing up in a residential centre until Grace takes her home and assumes the responsibilitity of being her mother. The story talks in detail about her life in Madras, Italy and Pondicherry making me miss the feel of sand in my feet and wind in my hair. An almost nostalgic feeling. This is the story of Grace that revolves around her sister Lucia, the housekeeper Mallika, the many dogs that she comes to love and the coastal beauty of the city she lives in.
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It's a wonderful read that tugs at your heart and makes you miss your family and the place you're from. Though the story was well written, there was something amiss. Probably it was the constant switching between many places that Grace recalls and talks about. Or maybe the lack of depth in her mother's character description. But the book has a natural flair of being emotionally exhausting. The kind of read that you'd want to take up when your heart craves for love and loss.
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Rating - 3.9/5.
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Thank you @bloomsburyindia for sending over this beautiful book.
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The cover is what drew me in. A free-spirited woman with three dogs accompanying her, depicts a lot of things and when I finished this book, I knew exactly what the cover was trying to say. Small days and nights is a book that talks about the feeling of home and the people you build one with. This is the kind of writing that I truly enjoy, something that reminded me of Jhumpa Lahiri and Arundhati Roy. For this is the reason why I couldn't put it down till I read the last page.
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The protagonist is a middle-aged woman named Grace, who experiences a sudden change post her mother's death. She reminiscences about her childhood days as she analyses her parent's relationship over the years and how unhappy it made them as the years proceeded. Grace was born to an Italian man and an Indian woman, the result of her talking vastly about her life in both Italy and India. Grace then discovers the secret of her sister whom she never knew existed until her mother died.
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Lucia, a young woman suffering from Down's syndrome has been growing up in a residential centre until Grace takes her home and assumes the responsibilitity of being her mother. The story talks in detail about her life in Madras, Italy and Pondicherry making me miss the feel of sand in my feet and wind in my hair. An almost nostalgic feeling. This is the story of Grace that revolves around her sister Lucia, the housekeeper Mallika, the many dogs that she comes to love and the coastal beauty of the city she lives in.
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It's a wonderful read that tugs at your heart and makes you miss your family and the place you're from. Though the story was well written, there was something amiss. Probably it was the constant switching between many places that Grace recalls and talks about. Or maybe the lack of depth in her mother's character description. But the book has a natural flair of being emotionally exhausting. The kind of read that you'd want to take up when your heart craves for love and loss.
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Rating - 3.9/5.