‘I miss the long letters we wrote each other when you travelled, which was often.’ Dear Reader, Thorns in My Quilt is a series of letters written by a daughter to her father after he passed away.
‘I miss the long letters we wrote each other when you travelled, which was often.’ Dear Reader, Thorns in My Quilt is a series of letters written by a daughter to her father after he passed away.
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‘I miss the long letters we wrote each other when you travelled, which was often.’
Dear Reader,
Thorns in My Quilt is a series of letters written by a daughter to her father after he passed away.Unspoken thoughts, unshared memories and unsaid words combine in this searing and poignantaccount of a relationship filled with joy, but with equal moments of sorrow.
Mohua Chinappa (Manu) loved her Baba, who was as kind as he was cruel, as well-read as hewas unworldly, as loved as he was unloved. His dearest Manu recollects her childhood in Shillong,infused with the aroma of vanilla essence that went into the butter cookies he baked. She reminiscesabout her father holding her little hand while helping her through the undulating, rain-drenchedroads. Mohua returns to Delhi, where she spent a part of her growing-up years, and revels in thememory of a government house with a harsingar tree. She writes to him about her broken marriage,recalls how her parents left her side, and how she reinvented herself. The letters are often selfishyet strangely cathartic.
Her father’s kidney failure prompted a daughter to confront the demons within—the loss, the doubts,the emptiness, the guilt of saying things, and the angst of not saying things.
Publisher: Rupa Publications India
Author: Mohua Chinappa
Pages: 200
ISBN: 9789361566271
Publication Date: 05 December 2024
‘I miss the long letters we wrote each other when you travelled, which was often.’ Dear Reader, Thorns in My Quilt is a series of letters written by a daughter to her father after he passed away.
‘I miss the long letters we wrote each other when you travelled, which was often.’ Dear Reader, Thorns in My Quilt is a series of letters written by a daughter to her father after he passed away.
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Rupa Publications
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‘I miss the long letters we wrote each other when you travelled, which was often.’
Dear Reader,
Thorns in My Quilt is a series of letters written by a daughter to her father after he passed away.Unspoken thoughts, unshared memories and unsaid words combine in this searing and poignantaccount of a relationship filled with joy, but with equal moments of sorrow.
Mohua Chinappa (Manu) loved her Baba, who was as kind as he was cruel, as well-read as hewas unworldly, as loved as he was unloved. His dearest Manu recollects her childhood in Shillong,infused with the aroma of vanilla essence that went into the butter cookies he baked. She reminiscesabout her father holding her little hand while helping her through the undulating, rain-drenchedroads. Mohua returns to Delhi, where she spent a part of her growing-up years, and revels in thememory of a government house with a harsingar tree. She writes to him about her broken marriage,recalls how her parents left her side, and how she reinvented herself. The letters are often selfishyet strangely cathartic.
Her father’s kidney failure prompted a daughter to confront the demons within—the loss, the doubts,the emptiness, the guilt of saying things, and the angst of not saying things.
Publisher: Rupa Publications India
Author: Mohua Chinappa
Pages: 200
ISBN: 9789361566271
Publication Date: 05 December 2024
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