Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy

Is it just me or is every single person reading this book right now? I've seen people holding this red book all over Bengaluru. Everywhere.

And all I can think of is… the amount of money this book is making 🥴 (Side thought - Arundhati mentions big earnings about her other books)

The book is heart warming and wrenching. A memoir - I finished reading the book, slept - woke up and thought about it for some time. Not all books hold that power.

4/5 for me.

This book is about troubled family relationships. It’s also about the quiet burden of being a woman.

Not the usual “believe in yourself” story... more like learning to find your voice, even if it stays internal.

I wished for Arundhati to be angrier in the beginning of the book, but that lands later.

Beautifully written, of course.

The kind of writing that makes you want to become a writer.

No matter how you interpret it or how intense it feels, especially around family and mothers... some parts will genuinely make you smile..

Spoilerish:

I wish she’d written more about the marriage.

Like how exactly did her childhood shape her adult life and all her relationships?

Anyhow, have to read more of Roy! Fan.