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The amazing first autobiography of the iconic author Arundhati Roy, writer of The God of Small Things.

In her first autobiography, Arundhati Roy offers an empathetic and inspired narrative of how she became the writer she is today, influenced by circumstances and, above all, by her relationship with her unique mother, Mary, whom she describes as "refuge and storm."

After the death of her mother, who left her at the age of 18, Arundhati began writing Mother Mary Comes to Me. The result is this remarkable and disruptive chronicle, unique and at the same time universal, from childhood to the present, from Kerala to Delhi.

With the hallmark and deep understanding of her novels and the passion, political clarity, and warmth of her essays, Mother Mary Comes to Me is an ode to freedom, a tribute to complex love and fierce grace—a biography like no other.

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Pages: 384, Dimensions: 15.5x15.5cm, Suitable for: Ages 3 to 9.