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Ghosh, Munmun

 
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Synopsis

What does it take to feel content in life ? Is it children alone ? And does motherhood have to be biological ? In her novel Thicker Than Blood, Munmum Ghosh explores the longing of a woman to become a mother. Young and beautiful Mayuri, wife of affluent businessman Vimal, is crushed as she fails to conceive even with medication. Deeply in love with his wife, Vimal gives in to her plea to seek reproductive technology. The treatments tax her physically and emotionally, and flop repeatedly, straining their relations. Disillusioned, she turns to religion only to feel let down again. In her desperation, she hurtles to the edge of infidelity and then pauses, to question: What makes one feel fulfilled in life ? A new odyssey begins, a battle that Mayuri must win, if she is to be happy ...

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À propos de l'auteur

Munmun Ghosh is an English literature graduate from Mumbai University and an ex-journalist whose earlier books include Hushed Voices and Unhooked. A compulsive dealer of words, she edits for a living.

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