Reviews & Musings

Introduction • ISBN – 9789383562275 • Genre: Fiction/ Drama • Publishers: Leadstart Publishing Pvt Ltd • Price: Rs. 145/- (I got this book for review from the publisher) The short stories in the collection blend emotion and introspection. Moments of urgency and sweetness are fully canvassed and explored. The stories draw out and examine the texture of emotional belonging. In "His Curls," a mother suffers the anguish of wondering if her son is a terrorist. The ending is left to interpretation and several possibilities. The reader is forced to teeter between laughter and sadness in the tragicomedy of "An Indian Summer." "The Blue Arc" is a redemptive tale of a young woman who shows enormous courage. Each story in the collection is a journey of insights. Transactions of Belonging is a unique, intense and gripping work of short fiction. Read about it HERE Behind The book Source: Google Images

      Today we have Ms. Jaya Padmanabhan the author of the latest book Transactions of Belonging by Leadstart.   Jaya Padmanabhan has worked as a Copywriter, Sales Manager, Collections Agent, Software Engineer and Television Producer before emerging as a writer. She believes that her previous jobs distinctly inhabit her work.   She has won three Katha Short Story Contest titles, the Lorian Hemingway Short Story recognition and the New America Media award for feature reporting. She lives in California with her husband, mother, twin girls and a Golden doodle. She is the editor of India Currents magazine.  

Source: Google Images This is a book I recently fell in love with. Apart from the cover page and title what piqued my interest was the blurb which read like this:   The short stories in the collection blend emotion and introspection. Moments of urgency and sweetness are fully canvassed and explored. The stories draw out and examine the texture of emotional belonging. In " His Curls ," a mother suffers the anguish of wondering if her son is a terrorist. The ending is left to interpretation and several possibilities.   The reader is forced to teeter between laughter and sadness in the tragicomedy of " An Indian Summer ."   " The Blue Arc " is a redemptive tale of a young woman who shows enormous courage. Each story in the collection is a journey of insights. Transactions of Belonging is a unique, intense and gripping work of short fiction.