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A review by swar28
Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir by Farah Bashir
4.0
I usually avoid non-fiction and memoirs, because sometimes, the books don't hold attention as much as fiction books do. I had my doubts when I knowingly picked up this book as part of the So They Read Reading Challenge 2023 - A book by Indian Authors/First time Authors from India. I was not disappointed at all.
This book is about a day in the Author's life where she looses her grandma. How certain things that happen during that day till the funeral, she is reminded of incidents from the past.
Reading this book from the point of view of a little girl, who is still trying to make sense of things, makes this book full of emotions. The writing of this book is truly beautiful. Apart from the pain described in this book during the distressing times in Kashmir, you still manage to find moments of joy, strength, love. This book is painful and to read through the trauma Farah and her family experienced, makes you want to stop and feel that pain for just a moment. Without going into extreme details about the history, I felt Farah stuck to her own story and put it out there as, 'this is what happened to me to people around me' I really feel this was endearing.
If you are looking for a book that somehow acts as a motivator that could possibly help you fight through many things we experience (specially difficult situations) individually, this book will help.
This book is about a day in the Author's life where she looses her grandma. How certain things that happen during that day till the funeral, she is reminded of incidents from the past.
Reading this book from the point of view of a little girl, who is still trying to make sense of things, makes this book full of emotions. The writing of this book is truly beautiful. Apart from the pain described in this book during the distressing times in Kashmir, you still manage to find moments of joy, strength, love. This book is painful and to read through the trauma Farah and her family experienced, makes you want to stop and feel that pain for just a moment. Without going into extreme details about the history, I felt Farah stuck to her own story and put it out there as, 'this is what happened to me to people around me' I really feel this was endearing.
If you are looking for a book that somehow acts as a motivator that could possibly help you fight through many things we experience (specially difficult situations) individually, this book will help.