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A house full of men by Parinda Joshi


 A house full of men

Parinda Joshi

Blurb:

Twenty-five-year-old Kittu has left Lucknow only on two occasions in her life. The first trip involved the last rites of her grandmother. The second involved a wedding, thankfully, but she returned home to her mother's funeral. She has never forgiven her mother for leaving her alone in a house full of men. Is there anyone at home she can share her deepest thoughts with? Anyone who can lend an ear to her endless relationship issues, manic obsessions, and simple aspirations? Who's got the time? Kittu might live in a full house, but sometimes, she feels like she's all alone in the world. A House Full of Men is a novel about false starts and failed attempts, love, and the importance of being understood.









About the Author

Parinda Joshi was born and raised in Ahmedabad and later immigrated to Los Angeles with her new husband where she navigated the challenges of starting life from scratch in an unfamiliar milieu, enriching herself with an MS in computer science, testing her limits, and redefining herself. She now resides in Silicon Valley where leads growth analytics for a start-up in the fashion industry, is the mother of her precocious mini-me, a budding screenwriter, a lover of modern poetry, fitness enthusiast, an avid traveler, and photographer, and a humor junkie. Her M.O. is best described by Maya Angelou's quote: 'My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.' She is the author of two novels, Live from London and Powerplay. She has also contributed to a short story anthology, The Turning Point: Best of Young Indian Writers, and several online publications including GQ India and The South Asian Times (New York). Made in China is her third novel. It has been adapted for a motion picture by Maddock Films starring Rajkumar Rao, Boman Irani, and Mouni Roy, Sumeet Vyas, and Paresh Rawal among others. Parinda has co-written the screenplay for the movie. Instagram: @parindajoshi Website: www.parindajoshi.com.

My Review

Kritidhara Pant is an extremely youthful vigorous young lady who is filling in as a movement essayist in a touring publication. From the outside, she is extremely glad to go, sprightly and lively young lady yet nobody realized the tempest blowing inside her.

She was encircled by men all around her life. She has her granddad her dad and her twin siblings. Her entire life is moving around every one of them dealing with them and in some way or another she is in her very own inquiry character inside themselves.

She had a legend in her brain that at whatever point she went out of Lucknow she lost somebody extremely uncommon in her life and her previous experience simply amplifying her fantasy as there are just two cases when she was away and she lost her grandma and her mom during her nonappearance.

She was additionally in an inquiry of her ideal soul mate after parted ways with her past beau. She continuously began drawing in towards her new neighbor yet there is consistently a sensation of frailty in her heart to her towards men.

To realize what occurred next snatch the book and check it out.

The cover design of the book is essentially planned with a pleasant topic and doddle acts. The writing style is decent and has a totally different sort of plotline. The writer attempted to keep it really basic without destroying the genuine feelings of the book. Language is basic effectively justifiable and all the more significant one can peruse it no sweat without coming down on his/her mind. All the characters are well evolved and flawlessly portrayed. The book is gradually paced now and again it seemed like extended a smidgen which at times felt less captivating.

In general, a decent fascinating read.

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