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5 Stars

"She's gone into the darkness where she came from..."

True, Lies, and Superstition. This is a book for readers with an open mind or understanding of the culture. Sometimes, we underestimate young readers, but they can embrace a book like this at their age, and one day, they will reread it and have another experience. I always feel that having more experiences, even if we only get half of it, is always better than not at all.

Questioning all that is relatable to Life and Death, like it's a tug of war between these two. Fear pushes to one side, but makes people respect the other. It's quite philosophical and thought-provoking. Through the eyes of a child who questions, as the author writes something like this: a child asks questions of a woman because she's ready to listen. The mother will have a baby, the uncle passed away, and America is a dream away, filled with possibilities. But there are other possibilities.

Sad but emotional and powerful.

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"Aunties tell nine-year-old Pavi that she's asking too many "big women" questions, but she's tired of grown-up secrets. How are babies born? And why do people die? A beautiful debut about family, tradition, and the healing that comes from finding the answers.

It's 1975, Tamil Nadu, South India, and nine-year-old Pavi is living a carefree life with her large intergenerational family. Everyday is an adventure. Why not steal 233 mangoes from the neighbor's tree? Or make up grand stories that take her to Jupiter? If only there wasn't a sadness lingering over the family. You see, her uncle Selva died just five months after she was born.

Pavi may have been just a baby when Selva died, but she feels close to him, as if he's watching over her, helping her when she needs it. But she has so many questions about Selva's death. And why does anyone die when they do?

The grown-ups in Pavi's life are hiding something. They dismiss her questions. For instance, when Pavi and her cousins ask about babies, all anyone says is "Little women are asking big women questions." And when she asks about Selva, there are no answers either. Why is talking about life and death so hard? Pavi is tired of grown-up secrets!

But what if those answers can hurt, or bad things happen? Can prayers and traditions really protect those we love? Pavi is determined to find out."

Can you guess what word (in Tamil) I wrote?

1- Life

2- Questions

3 - Death