LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT
By Preeti Shenoy
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A book review.
Some of the life’s delicacies come unexpected
and one such delicacy which had a huge impact on how I see life was this book ‘Life
is what you make it’ by Preeti Shenoy.
This was the second book by the author after her debut book ’34
Bubblegums and Candies’. It was a collection of short stories and I got that
book immediately after this particular one.
This book ‘Life is what you make it’ was actually a gift
from a good friend of mine who decided that I must read it. When I did not show
the expected interest in buying it, it was ordered online for me and I must
thank for the virtual pampering, because I got to have a wonderful book with me
now.
This book deals with the story of Ankita Sharma. Life is all
well for the beautiful young lady with her classes going good and her relationship
with her boyfriend Abhi at its best. Life will show its harsh face only when
you expect it to smile at your endeavours.
Ankita faces a similar situation and she copes up by herself
in the beginning. But with no one to understand her situation, she keeps it all
to herself until one fine day, everything goes wrong.
The rest of the story is about how she recovers herself and
her lost life.
With alerts for spoilers, I am proceeding further.
The later part of the book deals with ‘Bipolar Disorder’. The
term was popular after a movie released which was solely based on it. But the
description of the feelings and the emotions of the person with the disease was
portrayed well in the book. While reading it, you could feel the chillness
passing through you. You could feel the pain of the character and you will want
to get inside the book and do something for the character.
Some of our life’s decisions will not affect us immediately,
but wait for the right moment to appear and the appearances seldom lead to
happy endings in case of worst decisions. Here, the main protagonist must deal
with her choices and how it haunts her.
Towards the end, the character fights back and finally we
are relieved. The book was one emotional roller coaster. It will affect you
unknowingly.
Mental disease is something, which remains a taboo in India.
Many prefer to hide it rather than take treatment for it. If a person gets a
viral or bacterial infection, he is not ashamed of it. But, when he is
suffering from a mental disease, he refuses to accept it, and doesn’t even
acknowledge it as a disease. And persons suffering from mental diseases are
left to their own and seldom taken care of.
After reading this novel, and as a health professional, I wanted
to create awareness regarding mental health and to remove the taboo from it
forever. I would like to dream of a day when people suffering from it are
treated with respect and given some understanding of the nature of their
disease.
Book Details:
Book title: Life is what you make it
Author: Preeti Shenoy
Publishers: Srishti Publishers
Pages: 204
Cost: 100 INR
My Rating: 9/10
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