Book REVIEW:- A LETTER TO A CHILD NEVER BORN

Date: Wed, February 26, 2O20

"We are aware of the harshness of the suffering we've endured only when it's over, and then we exclaim in astonishment: how was l be able to bear such hell?"

Whenever l read any piece of literature, l felt it's about me. Emotionally, l went into deep, many times my friend and teacher said that you are hurting yourself because you are getting them on you and deeply affected yourself. But l knew it's dangerous as well as quite amazing experiences too for me.

On Tuesday, l took a book from my classmate. "LETTER TO A CHILD NEVER BORN" by Oriana Fallaci, the best book full of the emotional story of woman, having a baby in her womb.
The novel is in 31 chapters, where a story narrated by a mother to the unborn child, in the form of a long letter.

The novel started with these lines;
"Last night l knew you exited:
A drop of life escaped from nothingness."
During the pregnancy, the Narrator told her sufferings, dreams, and goals to her child, some she completed, many didn't.
The way Oriana as a writer, tried to explain each and everything she faced during pregnancy was quite heartbreaking, so it smashes the hard shell of each person's heart, who read the book with consciously, melts the inside. That the reader cry or feel so emotional.

I don't know how it sounds, stupid or mad. But, when l as a girl reading this book, l was totally attached with the child too. Feeling like it's me going through all the things. Maybe a male reader doesn't feel such a thing. But girls or women will definitely, feel it.

The other thing, l adored in this novel, was she not only told the sufferings and hardships women faced in their life or women as God's best creation with showing their inner supper power to face pain, insult, discouraging comments and everything, Even she also explained the way men are powerful, intellectual and admirable with good qualities as well. So it's Justice in my point of view, that she presented men and women true pictures in front of the reader, in front of her child.

Through reading each chapter, l was feeling so emotional, because l came to realize how easily l gave up on things and sometimes losing my hope for things. I tolerate the pain, bad comments and annoying moments, so l drank those things as a sip of hemlock and to die inside by each day.

After reading the novel, I am feeling from that very moment that l am the most beautiful creature in this world. I am lucky that l am a woman. Even, l maybe not allowed enjoying life by traveling abroad or by visiting beautiful places like men do, but l know, l I am enjoying my life in my own way and will be happy with the things l have and get by time. I am reading such Wonderful things and feeling blessed myself, how then l be unlucky?

Oriana Fallanci, the narrator of this story, struck into a bad situation and lose her child in the immature process of pregnancy. She lost a child, she lost everything. The world she decorated for her child was destroyed all over badly.

The very moment, when l was reading the last chapters of the novel,
Tears were going through my cheeks into my lap. Book l was holding and reading was in my tight grip, even l felt little pain in my head.
She taught many lessons to me, which l never realized much before. I saw things more clearly now than before being blind towards them.

*Lines from the novel;
"Only those who have cried a lot can appreciate life in all it's beauty and have a good laugh. It's easy to cry, hard to laugh."

Smiling and laughing is not easy, especially when we are facing bad things and struggling inside. Oriana's heart-squeezing story is not only present a picture to the reader of a pregnant woman after losing her baby. The way, women face difficulties during those 9 months of period and in annoying society.
The novel is representative of the personal and social life of women and men in Modern age.

In End of the novel, the baby died, and she too about to die. So tragic end it has. I told the story to my friend that l was feeling broken after reading of the novel.

I am emotional that's because maybe it sounds like this. But, it's so wonderful book, from which l learnt many things. And enjoyed the whole time reading it.
It was new experiences for me to read such a book, where you feel like you are getting more knowledge about pregnancy and women sufferings and life, especially feeling pregnant yourself.

Enjoying life.
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