The Mother I Never Knew: Two Novellas by Sudha Murty
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The book as it says is not a Novel but is a combination of Two Novellas . Its about the story of two man, living two different life but their stories have a common connection "Human Emotions". This book will take you to a roller coaster ride of Love,Happiness and sorrow. I am just done with this book and it took me some time to come out of the story . They are really heart touching .

The language of the book is very simple yet the way the story is narrated is very good. It will make you stick to it , in no point of time you will feel that the story is getting stretched. One more thing that I liked in the book is the way relations are portrayed, they were very accurate. The mother - son relation , the father - daughter and in all other relations ,we can see there is originality in them and is not faked just to spice up the story. I wont be giving anything about the stories , its better you get it fresh .

There is one thing though I feel could have been avoided was the details of the places and localities. Both the stories revolved around Bangalore and the author have described a lot of places in the city, as I stay in Bangalore I was able to differentiate between those but for other this might get a little confusing . This could have been avoided

I rate it a good 4*. Looking foreword to read some more of Sudha Murty .


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