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The Mother I Never Knew: Two Novellas (2014)

by Sudha Murty(Favorite Author)
3.28 of 5 Votes: 5
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review 1: Two great stories, totally different to each other, yet they balance the enthusiasm of reading. Venkatesh made a really wise leap in there. After all, he was driven by series of coincidences. Mukesh had did the right thing. But his brother in law had something envious in his mind. Its was really good to end the story with Mukesh finally knowing the real meaning of being a mother. I did loved to put the book in 'Read Again'section.(Y)
review 2: One thing about the writer, she is a practical person with little less focus on emotions. There are two stories in both cases, the protagonist does not know about real mother. Nicely written stories although there was lack of emotions I felt the reason why I gave it three stars. Mrs Murty has a knack of telling stories ho
... morewever I feel there could be more depth and more research that she could have added in these. All in all an ok read. less
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cindy
Two things, which are still there in Indian Community are highlighted with in this Novel. Nice one.
lalasole
It was a little too simple, if you ask me. Didn't live up to my expectations. Just ok.
willfish
Two novellas with predictable storylines. Written in simple English language.
jdemaine
Wonder whether Penguin would have picked it up if not for the surname :P
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