{"product_id":"maria-just-maria","title":"Maria Just Maria","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing the death of her grandfather, Maria has stopped speaking - not because she can't, but because she doesn't want to.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow in a psychiatric hospital, as she begins the process of 'reconnecting with reality', Maria recalls her journey of being 'just Maria' - a girl born into a Syrian Christian family in Kerala, whose companions were a grandfather who took her along to wander around the village and its toddy shops, a great-aunt with dementia who challenged Maria's position as the youngest in the family, a dog with a penchant for philosophy, various long-dead family members including a great-grandmother with a knack for prophecies, a patron saint who insisted on interfering in people's affairs, and Karthav Eesho Mishiha with whom Maria has regular conversations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSandhya Mary's novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMaria, Just Maria\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - masterfully translated by the award-winning Jayasree Kalathil - is an insightful and humorous take on ideas like normal-abnormal, natural-human, love-hate, etc. that define contemporary society, and the exuberant and moving story of a woman trying to find her place in this world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dragonfly Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43454733418574,"sku":null,"price":499.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/6711\/3294\/files\/81ahw-fHMWL._SL1500.jpg?v=1771585671","url":"https:\/\/dragonflyreads.in\/products\/maria-just-maria","provider":"Dragonfly Reads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}