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#BookReview: T21 In Downs Lane by Utpal Kant Mishra

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Title: T21 In Downs Lane Author: Utpal Kant Mishra Publisher:  The Write Place Published on: 27 May 2018 Binding:  Paperback ISBN:  978-9387282353 " We are living fiction for everyone and everybody has their own interpretations about us. Every time it is far from reality and so it is not the same.' BLURB Aashima, a young journalist, befriends Jay, a ‘differently different’ son of Ayesha and Siddhartha, who has Down Syndrome. Sid’s diary, which unfolds a completely different world, pulls her deeper into Jay’s emotional turmoil. T21 in Downs Lane is an intensive narrative about the parents' struggle to give birth and raise a child with Trisomy 21. A heart rendering account, it is also a revelation of peoples' perception about Downs Syndrome. Whether it is their disdain, sympathy or curiosity, the author has captured these emotions in a realistic semblance. The insightful and factual information on Down Syndrome adds value to the ...

July Wrap Up

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Hello everyone!  The month of July was really very good for me or you can say that it was one of the reading months for me this year. I manged to read eight diverse titles. I really liked that I read different genres in the month of July and not  sticked to just one. I read not only Indian authors but I read quite a few foreign authors as well. So, here are the books that I read : 1. GIRL IN THE MIRROR by Cecelia Ahern Girl In the Mirror comprises of two short stories which are quite different. I have read a lot of books by Cecelia Ahern and this one was quite different. The first story was basically unimaginable one. I was just thinking whether this can happen in reality or not. It was a dark story. While on the other hand, the other story The Memory Maker was not so interesting. It was confusing for me. Overall, the book was an average read. 2. HERE FALLS THE SHADOW by Bhaskar Chattopadhyay Here Falls The Shadow  ...