{"product_id":"mother-mary-comes-to-me","title":"Mother Mary Comes to Me","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e✨ AUTHOR SIGNED COPY ✨\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA raw and deeply moving memoir from the legendary author of \u003cem\u003eThe God of Small Things\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Ministry of Utmost Happiness\u003c\/em\u003e — in a limited edition personally signed by Arundhati Roy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eArundhati Roy's first work of memoir is a soaring account, both intimate and inspirational, of how the author became the person and the writer she is — shaped by circumstance, but above all by her complex relationship to the extraordinary, singular mother she describes as \u003cem\u003e\"my shelter and my storm.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Heart-smashed\" by her mother Mary's death in September 2022 yet puzzled and \"more than a little ashamed\" by the intensity of her response, Roy began to write, to make sense of her feelings about the mother she ran from at age eighteen — \u003cem\u003e\"not because I didn't love her, but in order to be able to continue to love her.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd so begins this astonishing, sometimes disturbing, and surprisingly funny memoir of Arundhati Roy's life — from her childhood in Kerala, where her single mother founded a school, to the writing of her prizewinning novels and essays, through to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith the scale, sweep and depth of her novels, and the passion, political clarity and warmth of her essays, this book is an ode to freedom, a tribute to thorny love and savage grace. A memoir like no other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePraise\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Pulses with compassion and moral outrage.\"\u003c\/em\u003e — The Wall Street Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Full of precise imagery and blistering emotional intelligence.\"\u003c\/em\u003e — The Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Builds worlds that are revolutionary, made from the darkness that she spins into purpose.\"\u003c\/em\u003e — The New Republic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eAwards \u0026amp; Honours\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e's Top Ten Books of the Year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinalist for the Kirkus Prize\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNominated for the Women's Prize for Nonfiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Penguin Hamish Hamilton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51670451323096,"sku":"9780143473060","price":899.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/1471\/6632\/files\/9780143473060.jpg?v=1778536476","url":"https:\/\/www.readersparadise.co\/products\/mother-mary-comes-to-me","provider":"readersparadiseindore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}