Fear and Lovely

Name: Fear and Lovely
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Anjana Appachana
ISBN: 9781399147408

Author: Anjana Appachana

Narrator: Esh Alladi, Gurkiran Kaur

Unabridged: 19 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Oakhill Publishing

Published: 01/17/2023

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

Mallika is a painfully shy young woman growing up in the heart of a close-knit, sometimes stifling, New Delhi colony. Though she is surrounded by love, her life is complicated by secrets that she, her mother and her aunt work hard to keep. After suffering a trauma aged 19, Mallika loses three days of her memory and slowly spirals into a deep depression. She must find a way out of this abyss, back to herself and those she cares about. But she must also hide her mental illness from her community. In a narrative that unfolds elliptically from the perspectives of Mallika and the seven people closest to her, the astonishing story of these characters' lives emerges. As each gives voice to contending with their own struggles, secrets and silences shatter.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lynda

This is the most character driven book I’ve read for a long time. It’s a wonderful literary read set in New Delhi, India in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s told from multiple POV’s. Brilliantly written characters, I could see them all in my minds eye. The main character is Mallika, a quiet girl who......more

Goodreads review by Bryony

This book has truly made its way into my heart. A beautiful story about love (of every kind) and lies, and how complicated life can be. The writing had me captivated by the extraordinary and mundane alike, and while normally I find different POVs of the same event to drag with Fear and Lovely I was......more

Goodreads review by Bethany

Couldn’t recommend this more! It’s so rich in culture, social issues, character development and every emotion under the sun. I was hooked instantly, felt like I had moved to Delhi and experienced it along with them.......more

Goodreads review by Mallika

I have never read a book where the main character has the same name as me so it was a little unnerving — but this book was truly enveloping in ways unexpected.......more