Until You Come Home
BOOK REVIEW
by Mridula Bajpai
when he is posted to Kargil, her thoughts and fears are narrated in the story. Two parallel stories are narrated where they are interlinked at several places.
by Swapna Peri
T he book is about war tales, family and its emotions, sentiments, and memories about the lost ones. The book emphasizes mostly on the women and children of the soldiers who lost their lives in wars fighting for the country. This tear-jerking novel is narrated in a single voice of Mrinalini Sharma. The story is about Mrinalani's mama ' Capt. Uday Sharma. Jaya the lady love of Uday Sharma keeps waiting for him even after the news he will not come back home is one of the heart-wrenching subplots. Another story is about Mrinilani herself and her partner Dev, who is also an Army officer and 42
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STORIZEN MAGAZINE
My Review: As we pour praises and salutes to the brave army personnel who safeguard the country standing on the borders without bothering the terrain and climatic conditions, there are the families of these people who wait to have a single glance at their faces. It is indeed very hard to explain how a newlywed woman or parents or children feel when they hear the news of the army person missing or dead. In this book, the author has explained such sequences blended with two parallel stories where one is a tragic one and the other realistic one. This book is a powerful novel about the unexpected lives of army people. One of the standing points in the story is the female character
DECEMBER 2019