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Em And The Big Hoom (2012)

by Jerry Pinto(Favorite Author)

4.08 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

8192328023 (ISBN13: 9788192328027)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Aleph Book Company

review 1: This is a story of Imelda and Augustine or Em and the Big Hoom. They are a Roman Catholic middle class couple living in Bombay in the 70's. The story is narrated by the son of the couple. The Big Hoom and Em get married after a prolonged courtship and after the birth of their second child, Em shows signs of mental instability and is diagnosed to have bipolar or manic depressive syndrome. The narrator relates many anecdotes of their time together as a family, some sad, some happy and some outright hilarious.This book gives us an insight of living with a mentally handicapped person and the various challenges that presents. A touching tale. 4/5 stars.
review 2: Its easy to get emotionally entangled with a book like this. Here is a lady who is into big time bouts o... moref depression, a rock solid husband and two kids one living in fear that he may inherit the madness and is constantly asking incisive questions to find out the why and how. The beauty of the book is the author manages to evoke no sympathy and keeps you away from his dark world.. he narrates the whole thing seriously in a fun way sprinkled with anglo indian slang. Lovely book . Get to read it.. less

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