Living With Merlin- Review

Blurb: The book is titled Living with Merlin wherien Merlin is actually the name of a dog but this story is not about the dog. Bringing in Merlin is used to give it a timeline and to give it a theme. The book is about moving from despair and grief to feeling that life is worthwhile, meant to be lived to the fullest and yes happy too.

This book deals with an experience which many people face at some point in their lives, the loss of a dear one and  the emotional devastation that follows. Sometimes  reading  about others  experiences helps to cope and go on. This is book is about coping with loss. 

About the Author: The author is practising doctor, a pediatric Intensivist in a busy hospital in busy hospital in New Delhi, India.

Review:

The author has written all her bare emotions with utmost honesty after losing her husband to Cancer. The  sudden death leaves the Auhtor devastated and at times the deluge of memories are painful and at times her only savior.  Her struggle to live life normally and yet how situations could pull you down. The pet - Merlin is not a central theme but more of a timeline where Author begins to do than to think. Nowhere the author shows herself as a damsel in distress or a preacher who now understands life more than anyone else and this is where lies the strength of the book. 

The other best thing about the book is setting. The author knows her environment very well. She brings to you shades of Delhi - you can fall in love with. From a Dancing Peacocks to a Five Star hotel or an ICU in Delhi. She captures these settings well.

The publisher has not paid any attention to the editing. A little editing could have gone long way with the book. I can't say author has brought closure to all the open points in the book. It leaves you to want to know more about the conclusions.

The book can find an immediate connect with Indian working women who hardly get time to pursue their passion and instead are caught in balancing work and home life. 

The book is wound well and it occupies a little space in bag. Easier to handle while traveling. 

You can buy book here.