books by women

Book Review : Who me, Poor? by Gayatri Jayaraman
Who me, Poor? By Gayatri Jayaraman – Real Stories for and about the Urban Poor of India

An account of being broke and hungry even when you can afford not…

Book Review : Gather the Daughters by Jenni Melamed
Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed – A Book that Makes you Restless

An isolated island where children roam wild and free every summer. One …

Book Review: Kissing the Demon by Amrita Kumar
Kissing the Demon by Amrita Kumar – A Crash Course for the Creative Writer

How can you swim through an idea in your head, get it printed on paper and sign…

Autumn by Ali Smith
Autumn by Ali Smith – A Meditation on Identity and Memories

A story about growing old, time, love and memories set in …

Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane
Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane – A Child Bride and her Marriage

A young girl gets married to a much older man and she tries to be happy in the…

The Answers by Catherine Lacey
The Answers by Catherine Lacey – The Girlfriend Experiment for Love

What if you can divide the various tasks that define one girlfriend among many? Would such a collection…

Book Review : The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy – Is Happiness Relative?

A hijra, a woman and a baby tangled in a web of Indian politics and social injustice…

Prediction : BaileysWomen's Prize for Fiction 2017
Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2017 Winner Prediction

I enjoyed reading through this year’s Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist and I believe it

Book Review : The Sport of Kings by C. E. Morgan
The Sport of Kings by C. E. Morgan – What is Wrong and Right with the Novel

A family saga about race, family legacy, horse breeding, slavery and the lives that got …