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Book Review: Elephants by Natalie Rodriguez

ASIN:  B085XMDJZP Publisher: Natalie Rodriguez Price: INR 228.21/- Genre: Fiction/ Young Adult / Mystery/ Coming of Age Book Blurb When was the last time you were shut down for experiencing a mental health struggle or feeling unheard by others, including those closest to you?  Summer of 2006.  Four childhood best friends.  A family secret.  After a strange encounter leaves him hospitalized, a timid teenage boy named Matt "Matty" Smith comes home to a continuous series of events met with anxiety, depression, and PTSD. Under the guardianship of his grandma, Lucia, Matt lives with unspoken questions about his grandfather and parents. The elephant in the room.  As Matt develops over the summer, the secrets only grow more profound and complex. Will the answers ever come? While searching for answers, Matt and his three childhood best friends encounter the meanings of love, forgiveness, and fate.  This story is for those who feel their voice is unheard and ...

Book Review: It's Not About You by Ratna Vira

Introduction ISBN: 9789382616740 Genre: Fiction / Drama Publishers: Pan MacMillan Price:  Rs.350/- ( I got this book from the publisher for a review ) Single mother Samaira juggles her corporate job and Aksh, her teenaged son, even as she defies society, disapproving in-laws and her own family. But when Aksh is found battered and beaten at school, she finds herself questioning her role as a mother. Faced with a conspiracy of silence from the school, she delves deeper only to discover the murky world of bullying, the secret life of teenagers, and the emotional distance between parents and children. In her pursuit of truth and justice, Samaira ends up challenging the power equations of politics, wealth and influence. It’s Not About You is an urgent, contemporary tale that celebrates the persistence of the human spirit to fight against all odds. Behind the book Source: Goodreads.com