Key To My Life

My very first book- self published on Amazon under the pseudonym: Leela Menon https://www.amazon.in/Quiet-Whispers-Leela-Menon-ebook/dp/B07M7KCBB5 " The vast potential of who we all could be is within our minds - our own biggest comfort, pride and fear. This composite novellette is an unapologetic journey to understand the limits of sanity of our minds in the form of short and micro stories and verse. The little child asking for the moon is in all of us, craving for the impossible, unattainable. Life is like this dark chocolate, which becomes unpalatable without the right balance, a balance between the conflicting needs of the human mind- The need for the familiar just enough to balance the need for the novel. The need for excitement just enough to counter the need for contentment. The need to be in control just enough to feel the need to let it go and to be vulnerable. The need to be heard just enough to keep the little voices in our heads unheard."

Alias Grace by Margret Atwood. Margret Atwood, with this book has led me back to the world of fiction again. (When did I depart from fiction? Read this : https://deepthig.blogspot.com/2011/04/selfish-gene-richard-dawkins.html )  It's the sort of read that weaves in a story with not the plot but with the author's insights that are refreshingly deep. The novel explores a real life double murder that happened in the 18th century Canada. The thread starts with a fictional character who is a psychiatrist exploring the truth behind the murders for which the protagonist , Grace Marks who was a housemaid at the victim's house, has been declared guilty.The story unfolds gradually in the thoughts of Grace Marks and her discussions with the doctor. Through out the novel, there is an intricate overlap of the innocence and guilt of Grace Marks. The reader is more invested in understanding the mystery of Grace's mind than in getting an answer to the Whodunnit. Really Interes...