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Grieve with Understanding ( By author Farzana Sarup ) : My thoughts on this short novel

With arrival of events that bring grief in our life , we either start becoming more inert and emotionless or start to understand the great secrets of life sent in subtle ways by the universe to make us learn to survive in a better way . It is a very short read of only pages. The cover totally made me choose it. The story actually is melancholic and philosophical in nature.


 Also, the experiences are from the real life understanding of authoress. Mona is an independent strong headed woman. she has blocked out emotional attachments tagging them as weak mindedness. But as the story progresses, I came to know all this strong exterior is due to a sudden heart-breaking incident that took place in her life long ago when she started questing the purpose of the existence and love.


She is on verge of losing all her faith in the role of the almighty but then she is in another life changing painful twist where she has to battle the lose of the closest person in her life.



Through day to day life with this painful event along with her own mind’s dilemma, she gets to taste the ultimate truth of this world and through these she introspects again.

Though this novel is written in third person narrative, Mona’s internal thoughts where she battles inside being logical with the flow of life and understanding the rule of supreme in a spiritual and philosophical way is beautifully portrayed.



I liked it as the thoughts are very relatable. If you are someone who often finds the yourself thinking about god, universe, purpose of life, attachment, death and detachment, you can check this book out.
Language is lucid. Narrative style is smooth and heartwarming.

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