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leighkhoopes's review
4.0
I'm so mad at myself for lollygagging on this one, which I received as a First Reads giveaway, but I'm also slightly sad now that I'm done reading it. What a beautiful book, told by a natural storyteller. Mehra's writing on grief and loss, family and identity, are more thoughtful and inspiring than a shelf full of dumb self-help.
I would have liked to read more about her food and cooking, her relationship and motherhood, but I'm glad the essays in this book are tightly centralized around the heavier themes. It keeps them from meandering, and demonstrated that Mehra is in fact a writer, a good one at that, and not just a blogger who put some posts together into a book.
Hers may be the first ever blog I check out after reading the book. I'm definitely craving more, after The Pomegranate King's wonderful introduction.
I would have liked to read more about her food and cooking, her relationship and motherhood, but I'm glad the essays in this book are tightly centralized around the heavier themes. It keeps them from meandering, and demonstrated that Mehra is in fact a writer, a good one at that, and not just a blogger who put some posts together into a book.
Hers may be the first ever blog I check out after reading the book. I'm definitely craving more, after The Pomegranate King's wonderful introduction.
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