Book Review by LITEROMA PUBLISHING SERVICES :: "My Mother" by Subhrajyoti Parida

** Special thanks to the author for gifting such an engrossing read - "My Mother: A Tribute of a Yearning Son".**

Perhaps the most difficult scenario in one’s life is when he loses his go-to person. The level of emotion makes it practically impossible to find an immediate way out. Through this book, the author not only fought his way back to life but also took the effort of documenting the fight.

The book presents the readers with a very simplistic narrative style and easy to understand English. We liked the overall getup, cover and quality of print. And above all, it tells a simple philosophy of life – In the presence of the ‘go-to’ person of one’s life, one knows whom to reach to during crisis moments but when the absence of that very person becomes the crisis, quite ironically, you again find the same person as your saviour; only, the direction of the search reverses. It becomes internal instead of external.

We’ll like to congratulate the author for capturing the flow of this search effortlessly through his narrative. Not sure if being thrown to a similar uncertainty in our lives, the book literally brought tears to our eyes while glancing through the pages.

The author has tried various innovative inclusions in the book like pre-release expert reviews which I really appreciate. It shows how the book has touched people from various walks of life.

However the author could have avoided the messages from Cancer survivors / fighters in the book. It did not present a great reading experience to me. Sounded more like a forceful tear jerk prop than true messages. We all know Cancer is a very painful truth of life. It does not need to be marketed to readers.
One point which struck my eyes very surprisingly is that the author has given lots of efforts in collating the different terminologies of 'Mother' in around 100 languages spoken across the world. But he has missed mentioning the very origin of the word 'Mother' which came from Sanskrit (Maatri) or simplified version in Bengali (Mata) - a language which is considered as the 7th highest spoken in the world. The etymology mentioned in the book starts from the Median Latin era which is a post Sanskrit period. [Wikipedia is not considered as an authorized source of research.]

Also we found some of the poems at the end of the book to be little irrelevant keeping the solemn context of the book in mind. The literary quality of all the poetical attempts is unquestionable though.

Overall, a fairly good read (4.2*/5*) and is recommended for all readers belonging to different age groups and geographical boundaries, especially if you are cursed with a similar mournful saga in life. We are sure the book will work as a journal for all those who had been through similar scenarios or will be struggling through this inevitable, yet painful journey in future.

Will look forward to many more books from the author... Wish you good luck!