Jobish Jose Jose থেকে Balaban Köyü, Balaban Köyü/Kartepe/Kocaeli, Turkey
আমি ব্যর্থতা থেকে শিখতে চাই এবং এটি ঠিক তত ভাল হয় যখন কেউ এলিস ব্যর্থতা হয়।
I really enjoyed this strangely compelling story of a year in the life of an 80 something woman. Why strangely compelling? Nothing 'happen' really--just life with its joys, sorrows, disappoinments, frsutrations, triumphs. Stewart O'Nan is apparently well known for his details--and they are here. What one eats, how one eats, what you think about while doing so, how your family irritates and pleases you. He has really captured a woman of my mother's age--in fact I almost feel I've gained more insight into the life of a 80 year old widow, and that its impressive. His canvas is small but intimates, and breathes with real life. Highly recommmended.
Every mother should read this book. It was absolutely life altering. It is not just a book about a mother of a child with down syndrome but of grief and love and acceptance of your own vulnerabilities and finding yourself in the midst of it all. Beautifully written, very real and raw. Loved it
This was one of the 2003 RUSA Notable Books winners. For the complete list, go to http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rus...