After Us: A Novel of Love, Loss, and Unfinished Futures - Couverture souple

Santhosh Kumar Subramanian

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798905400834

Editeur : Notion Press, 2026

Synopsis

On the outskirts of Chennai, Manikandan once believed his life was good. Then came a child with a brain that would not fully grow, a friend who betrayed him, a debt that crushed him, and a society that looked away.TA mother who becomes the sole keeper of two disabled sons,A father who turns to alcohol to forget the weight of his duties,An elder son who leaves in anger and returns too late,And two gentle boys who, despite their disabilities, work  to make their parents proud.When Manikandan dies, Parvathy is left alone with Prem and Illayaraja, facing a world that does not know how to care for them. She must ask herself an unthinkable question: what will happen to them after she is gone?The Weight of Love is a devastating, deeply human novel about disability, poverty, alcoholism, migration, and the unbearable burden of caregiving in contemporary India. It exposes the cracks in our  system, the cruelty of stigma, and the irony of a society that praises the family but abandons its weakest members. The book asks:Who is the real killer ?Is it the individual, the family, or a society that refused to make space for them?This is not just the story of one family. It is the story of thousands of Prems and Illayarajas living among us, and of the Parvathys who carry them on their shoulders until they can carry them no more.A powerful, heart-wrenching call for compassion, dignity, and a world where every life-no matter how slow, how quiet, how different-is allowed to live with hope

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Notion Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798905400834
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 194
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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