Book Review: Three Thousand Stitches by Sudha Murty

There are only two prerequisites for being a story teller - having a good story, and having the unending desire to tell it.
There are also only two prerequisites for a good story - content and fluidity of expression.
Rest everything are side-effects.

And Sudha Murty does it best once again with her latest collection called Three Thousand Stitches.

These stories are a delight, for any time and any age. And the fact that these are real life accounts only adds to the joy of reading. Yes, truth is, more oftentimes, stranger than fiction. And at many points during the course of the book, this truth gives goosebumps, for the wonder called life.

Being a mother has seriously challenged my capacity to digest stories which don't end on an happily ever after, and I am trying to come out of it. But till then, I thank T.J.S. George who inspired the author to tell her stories.

With eleven bite sized chapters, this collection is different from her other works. It is reveling, relatable, thought provoking, thoroughly enjoyable and leaves the reader high on life. A unique token of gratitude, a chance meeting, having to eat your own words or being the single girl student in an engineering college class with 149 boys years ago, these are things that could or could not happen to anyone of us. Weaved in her characteristically simple English, the aftertaste of these stories will remain with you long after the last page has been turned over. And if I were to tell which was my favorite, well, hands down it has to be chapter number 6.

On my scale of Joy of Reading, I mark it a 3.5/5