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Date Published : November, 2014 Pages : 262 Source : Review copy provided by Jyoti Arora Format : Kindle Edition ...
Tuesday 24 March 2015
Date Published: November, 2014
Pages: 262
Source: Review copy provided by Jyoti Arora
Format: Kindle Edition
Goodreads Synopsis
'It's all your fault.'
Mere
In a society that finds it easier to mark sins of a victim than the culprit, Nirvi is a young girl punishing herself for the faults she did not do and avenging her hurts by defeating her own truth.
"When it's time for you to fall in love, even a
But can love survive, when even the self love dies
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My Review
"A young, pretty, confident and gracious girl with a dream in her
eyes and last but not the least, a story behind her smile"
Although I wrote these words almost a year ago, I still
remember them as if I just came across them. The reason why I’m bringing the
caption up again from the past is these words: 'Story behind her smile'. While I
read ‘Lemon Girl’ by Jyoti Arora, I was gripped with curiosity, like darkness
grips the night and, the question reverberated in my body and soul was what the
story behind Nirvi’s smile is? Lips which purse just too perfectly to bring out
the most perfect smile must surely be a lie and, deep down, under the bottom of
the ocean, the truth awaits to be discovered. As I read on, I found out there’s
indeed a great story behind that smile.
‘Lemon Girl’ by Jyoti Arora is a great Indian story of a
great Indian woman, Nirvi, the lead character of the book. The dance of sorrow
in Nirvi's eyes and the emptiness of her smile ignited the curiosity of not
only Arsh, the lead male character of the book, but also me. What happened to
Lemon Girl, I wondered. This is where Jyoti Arora didn't disappoint me. Jyoti
Arora weaves a mystery around this very question and takes just the perfect
time to reveal the truth. Just as a cocoon takes just the perfect time to turn
into a beautiful butterfly, Jyoti Arora reveals the mystery of Nirvi rora's story unfolds like a night ;
it falls slowly calming our souls and then, takes us through the darkest and
scariest nights of our lives and, in the end, as the dawn appears, leaves us
with tears in eyes and hopes in our hearts.
One of the most fascinating features of the novel is the
narration of the story. Jyoti Arora, with her two weapons, a Post Graduate in
English Literature and Applied Psychology, narrates the story shifting between
two lead characters Nirvi perfectly, especially to Nirvi, a girl with a troubled past . I really enjoyed the
parts where Nirvi
Not only the novel but also a fantastic first page
Dedication
Jyoti Arora, a feminist, I assume, couldn’t have chosen
better words than this to dedicate the book to Indian women when she says,
“In earlier times, Indian women suffered in the name of culture. Now it’s
being done in the name of loss of culture.”
Hardly had I read this very first line of her dedication,
when I knew I had the ‘best book of the year’ in my hands.
Well, I have a dedication myself to all the ladies who fell
victims to the cruel hands of lust; to all the ladies who are brave and
determined to live a respectable life in this unfair world; to all those who
are broken, crawling in the dust, helpless and suffering; and last but not the
least, to the ‘Lemon Girl’ and the ‘Caption Girl’. I borrow words from Maya
Angelou’s poetry, ‘I Rise’, and let her words be my dedication:
“You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may tread me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.
.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.
.
You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.
.
I rise
I rise
I rise.”
Will Nirvi ever rise from the dirt? Will Nirvi’s smile ever
be back? Will Nirvi earn respect in this unfair world? Will she ever fulfill her
dreams?
Read ‘Lemon Girl’ by
Jyoti Arora to find out…
Lemon Girl by Jyoti Arora deserves a rating of 5 out of 5!
She showed me the mirror of an imperfect world and the beauty of love in the same
book and for that she deserves full marks! I recommend this book to every
Indian men and women, to every parent, children, grandparents, in fact, to
every Indian. This is a book recommended to all feminists and victims of cruel
hands of lust. I assure you, you will have a great time reading this book.
~RP
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