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Jane’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Jane’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Jane Borges
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Mumbai, India
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February 2020
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When I was 22, I knew I’d be married by 26. When I turned 27, I thought, maybe it’s a good thing that I hadn’t found myself someone yet. I eagerly awaited my 30s. It would be different, I hoped. And then I hit 32, and released my debut novel. No marriage. No husband. No in-laws. No children. A book, instead. Not exactly as I had planned, but still very exciting.
I was happy. Except that, I could he
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Mafia Queens of Mumbai: Women Who Ruled the Ganglands
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Bombay Balchão
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The Wily Old Woman of Dongri
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2017
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Mafia Queens of Mumbai: Stories of Women from the Ganglands
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Maya, Judgement Night and Other Stories. 2013 New Asian Writing Short Story Anthology
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2014
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"4/5 – thoroughly enjoyable although it took a few chapters to remember all the characters! I thought it was short stories at first. Great writing!"
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"Full of quirky characters that I became so emotionally invested in,so fast.
The characters,the writing,the descriptions of Bombay. I think I might be in love." |
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"1. Aesthetic and beautiful- the way old Bombay has been decribed is so beautiful
2. Small digestable chapters - can be read for a quick mood boost 3. Easy, flowy, fun writing 4. Covers multiple emotions - laughter, tears, confusion 5. A whole story div" Read more of this review » |
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“Time heals the broken. Sometimes, the healing is slow. Sometimes, it is slower. You cannot predict how long it will take before one forgets what it all felt like—heartbreak, the pain, the anguish, and that emptiness. Years could roll by, and you’d have done ten million different things to keep yourself from thinking, and yet, the mind would remember that moment when your life fell apart and crushed you whole.”
― Bombay Balchao
― Bombay Balchao
“try telling a lover that love is not good for him. If you get a smile in return for your unsolicited advice, be assured that even though you were heard by the tiniest germ that swam the air at that moment, the pair of ears that the advice was meant for had cut out the disturbing sound frequencies before you had even emitted them.”
― Bombay Balchao
― Bombay Balchao
“Each time you prepare the balchão masala, think of the person you want to feed it to. If it’s someone you dislike, you might end up being too liberal with your spices. If this person is somebody you love, you will be more careful, especially with your peppercorns and chillies. You don’t want to burn the tongue that has been kind to you,’ Lorna had advised in Konkani.”
― Bombay Balchão
― Bombay Balchão
