Looking for some more polyamory/ethical nonmonogamy representation in your fiction? We've got two recommendations by BIPOC authors you won't want to miss! 🤎 On a Woman's Madness by Astrid Roemer (translated by Lucy Scott) 🤎 The Body Myth by Rheea Mukherjee About On a Woman's Madness On a Woman’s Madness tells the story of Noenka, a courageous Black woman trying to live a life of her own choosing. When her abusive husband of just nine days refuses her request for divorce, Noenka flees her hometown in Suriname, on South America's tropical northeastern coast, for the capital city of Paramaribo. Unsettled and unsupported, her life in this new place is illuminated by romance and new freedoms, but also forever haunted by her past and society’s expectations. About The Body Myth Mira is a teacher living in the heart of Suryam, a modern bustling in city India. Mira lives alone, and with only the French existentialists as companions, until the day she witnesses a beautiful woman having a seizure in the park. Mira is quickly drawn into the lives of this mysterious woman Sara, who suffers a myriad of unexplained illnesses, and her kind, intensely supportive husband Rahil, striking up intimate, volatile and fragile friendships with each of them that quickly become something more. Image description: Two hands hold up copies of On a Woman's Madness and The Body Myth in front of bright colorful bookshelves. The cover of On a Woman's Madness is black with red lettering. You can see the profile of a Black woman's face and her hand grasping the greenery partially obscuring her face. The cover of The Body Myth is orange with a line drawing of a kneeling body bent over backwards and split in half. Greenery sprouts from the middle of the body.
My first book published was a collection of short stories called Transit For Begginners. It included short stories I had written between the ages of 22-32. Lots of rejection but a small press @kitaab.sg took a chance on me and published it in 2015. It’s out of print now but @attagalatta still has a few copies left if you want to buy. A couple years later I wrote #thebodymyth and got hundreds of rejections until a cold query to @stacytesta resulted in her representing my book. We found our home this novel with @unnamedpress in LA and soon after with @penguinindia . It changed the game for me as a writer, after years of rejection I had a legit novel out and one that was resonating with many people. Then, the pandemic happened and through those hard years I wrote The girl who kept falling in love published by @penguinindia. It’s still looking for the right home in the US and UK. I wrote my first story at 22 and today I am 40. I was stubborn that I’d do this, stubborn through rejection, unreliable in my moods but consistent in my bursts of writing . A day job, animals, heartbreaks, resistence and love all helped me make me the writer I am and want to be.
SOLD The Body Myth. Rheea Mukherjee. Hard Cover. Near New condition. Swipe for video. Limited Edition Sample Copy. Price- Rs 199 plus shipping. A brilliant bold and original debut of a brave new voice. The Body Myth is such a smart and complex exploration of what it means to be in a body in the world, what it means to be in a body that is ill, and what it means to be in a body in love. And like all of those states of being, the book is filled with ambiguity and contradictions. Los Angeles Review of Books The Body Myth is full of questions, about our bodies and minds, about mental illness, about the history of trauma, and about the depths of friendship and love. LA Times Mukherjee's novel encapsulates the heady breathlessness of falling in love. Publishers Weekly Mira is a teacher living in the heart of Suryam, the only place in the world the fickle Rasagura fruit grows. Mira lives alone, and with only the French existentialists as companions, until the day she witnesses a beautiful woman having a seizure in the park. Mira runs to help her but is cautious, for she could have sworn the woman looked around to see if anyone was watching right before the seizure began. Mira is quickly drawn into the lives of this mysterious woman Sara, who suffers a myriad of unexplained illnesses, and her kind, intensely supportive husband Rahil, striking up intimate, volatile and fragile friendships with each of them that quickly become something more. #thebodymyth #rheeamukherjee #books #bookstore #booksbooksbooks #bookworm #bookstagram #booksale #bookstagrammer #booklovers #vintagebooks #rarebooks #bestsellers #bookworm #novel #novels #fiction #fictionbook #hardcover #hardcoverbooks
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Witty , melancholic and dramatic . 🎠 Mira is a teacher living in the heart of Suryam, the only place in the world the fickle Rasagura fruit grows. 🎀 Mira lives alone, and with only the French existentialists as companions, until the day she witnesses a beautiful woman having a seizure in the park. Mira runs to help her but is cautious, for she could have sworn the woman looked around to see if anyone was watching right before the seizure began. Mira is quickly drawn into the lives of this mysterious woman Sara, who suffers a myriad of unexplained illnesses, and her kind, intensely supportive husband Rahil, striking up intimate, volatile and fragile friendships with each of them that quickly become something more.✨ This one was too out of my comfort zone but I'm glad I read it 🐒 If you are looking for an atypical and unsettling read this is the one for you . This one is pretty mysterious , will keep you hooked on 👐🏻 I was left with so many questions after finished reading , questions not only about the book but more so about self 🐞 P.S. initially i thought Rasagura was a real fruit 🤦🏻♀️ QOTD : what genre do you avoid ? #bookstagram #books #bookaesthetic #bookbloggerindia #booksofinstagram #indianreaders #indianbookstagrammer #thebodymyth
The social & cultural aspects of the female body (& mind) is what I start my Menopause Workshop with. During the almost 6 hours of learning - I draw a big circle and we finish discussing the cultural aspects again, by that point everyone is nodding their heads in understanding and chipping in some bits of information. There are countless reasons why many Modern Women end up being catapulted into Perimenopause feeling exhausted, angry, fed up, often sick and believe it or not, undernourished. . ✨Menopause Workshop - from basics to beyond.✨ 4th & 11 March 13:30-16 @yogahaven Richmond Day 1: 4th March (Science of menopause, hormones, interventions) Day 2: 11th March (Nutrition, training, putting it altogether) To book 👉 link in bio or via Yogahaven website. . . . . . . . The Body Myth - great book 📚, Margo Main Ph.D. #thebodymyth #bodydismorphia #disorderedeating #lowenergyavailability #perimenopause #menopause #postmenopause #menopauseworkshop #yogateacher #plantpowered #plantstrong🌱
Im currently reading The Body Myth by Rheea Mukherjee and cuddling in bed con mi nueva emotional support squishmallow Caballita 🐴💘🏡😇 ○ ○ ○ "Heartbreak only comes from expectation. (...) Heartbreak comes in waves." Este libro me pareció muy real, muy emocional, con una historia y sus personajes muy bien desarrollados. Es corta pero da exactamente lo que debe dar. Se trata de como Mira, después de enviudar conoce y se enamora de una pareja casada, Sara y Rahil. Both of them le corresponden y crece un vinculo muy fuerte y puro pero también raro y manipulador. La historia es messy, no hace sentido el 100% del tiempo y termina como bittersweet. Mira me parece un personaje con el que me siento identificada, lo mucho que valora el conocimiento pero valora mucho más el amor honesto y correspondido. Como esta celosa de todo el mundo. Como lidia con el dolor. Quiero mucho a Mira. Este libro es como tan hermoso para expresar como las personas no somos solo una cosa. Sara tiene una clara inclinación a la espiritualidad y cree mucho en el mito de la individualidad. Todo es lo mismo y estamos juntos. Es muy lindo, en mi opinión. También es fácil de leer. 9.3/10 ○ ○ ○ #bookofthemonth #bookwormsofinstagram #thebodymyth #RheeaMukherjee #squishmallow
If you're curious to know about the delightful hell writers experience when they go out on submissions with their agent to editors, well here's experience! Excerpts here, go to the link for the full article (check my stories for the link, will also add on bio). This article covers how the first experience went with my first novel #thebodymyth that was published by @unnamedpress and @penguinindia in 2019 and talks about how I have more wisdom and patience right now (well at least a little but more) as my second novel is on submission with my glorious agent @stacytesta #writers #novels #iamwriting #publishing #literaryagent #publishingtips #submissions #editors #publishedauthor #authorsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #rejection #fiction #literaryfiction #penguinindia #unnamedpress Link to full article https://writerunboxed.com/2022/08/04/going-on-submission-3-things-i-learned-from-going-on-submission-with-my-first-book/
Не всичко, което чуваме или си мислим, че ни казват е реалност... Тук сме събрали някои основни митове за това как изглеждаме, а как се опровергават в детайли, можете да научите в блогът ни: https://bia-unikal.org/?p=9872 Впрочем, имаме емейл група, където напомняме за нашите активности и предлагаме ексклузивни оферти. Можете да се запишете на сайта ни, https://bia-unikal.org #mythsbusted #thebodymyth #bodymyths #eating #eatinghealthy #ed #disorders #help #selfhelp #intutitive #unikal #beauty #eatingdisorder #eatingdisorderrecoveryquotes #eatingdisordersawareness #eatingdisordersupport #mentalhealthbulgaria #NEDA #returntonormal #health #healthyeating #health&beauty #eatingdisorderrecovery #media
"I carry a black hole behind my heart, a small dime-sized abyss. It first arrived when I saw an audience laugh at a man who limped on stage. It is full of rage and mine forever. We have eaten so many doctors together. They say you're too young to be sick and there they go, sucked into the void." The Body Myth is an honest, somtimes biting, often pensive collection of poetry which looks at the reality of living with chronical illnesses and chronical pain. Hannah Land weaves together classical mythology with folkstories, a lot of water imagery (which I love because that's what I am also drawn to), pop culture, and the day-to-day of diagnoses, treatments and dealing with chronic illness. The collection has thirty-one pages only but such a range of themes. Land looks at disability and bodies through different lenses from a more straight-forward poem on deciding to buy a wheel chair to more metaphor-heavy works like "The Selkie". I read the collection during a week full of doctor's appointments and health issues and felt like The Body Myth was a pretty good companion. "Peel away the body and every disability story is a love story" I am not often contacted by publishers or authors - and when I am I mostly decline. But when Hannah Land contacted me describing her poetry collection I did not hesitate. I am glad my radar was not off. The book will be officially released on April 15th. [Image description: My hand holds a copy of Hannah Land's "The Body Myth". The cover is black and has differently coloured drawings of antique busts, pills, a syringe, a wheelchair, a heart, a bllod drop, a snake, and tentacles reaching out of water.] #TheBodyMyth #HannahLand #bookstagram #review #igreads #poetry #booklover #readpoetry #bookworm #disabilityreads #readerslife #igbooks #justread #DisabilityReadathon #bookgeek #bookish #goodreads
📚 GIVEAWAY 📚 Thank you so much to @inhannahland for sending this book to me. Poetry is something that I’ve often shied away from; partly due to memories of school but mostly because I often see myself as “not clever enough” to understand it properly. However, recently I have been getting into various types of poetry more and realising that I was wrong. This book in particular, which uses myth to explore disability and chronic illness resonates with me, and the more times I read it, the more I feel connected to it. It is emotional and angry at times, and it portrays living with chronic pain in such a raw way. The best part though is that I have 2 copies of this book to giveaway! The rules are simple: 1. Comment below (with anything; a joke, something to make others smile, tag a friend, whatever you like… be nice though!) 2. Follow me 3. Follow @inhannahland Open internationally, to everyone. Whether you have EDS/chronic illness or not. I will cover shipping costs, but I am not responsible for any loss or damage once the books have left my home. Winners need to be happy to message me with their postal address. I will draw 2 names and will share the winners on my stories on Friday 8th April. This giveaway is not affiliated with Instagram in any way. #ehlersdanlossyndrome #zebrastrong #chronicillness #chronicillnesswarrior #thebodymyth #bookstagram #booklover #bookworm #bookdragon #bookzebra #poetry #poetrylovers #poetrybooks #chronicillnesspoetry
My psychiatrist tells me most people work through their issues with their bodies as a final stage of their healing journey. I’m so grateful to @ronitplank for making space for this important topic of #TheBodyMyth— In this podcast conversation, I talked with Ronit about how many people who have encountered with chronic mental health conditions (like the bipolar disorder I live with) who refuse medication due to side effects of weight gain and hair loss when so many people die of mental health conditions due to suicide or self-medication induced substance use disorders. Chemotherapy and radiation also causes weight changes and hair loss but those are typically not reasons for refusing the treatments, but somehow it is more acceptable to reject treatment for severe chronic mental health conditions that are also often life threatening. Society’s fixation on how women are supposed to look, whether from the Eastern or Western gaze, causes so much harm. I had to hit a low point in my life to realize that no one else’s opinion matters but my own. Thanks for listening to the podcast to hear the story, about my body journey and why I prioritize my mental health above my appearance — #linkinbio #bodypositive #bodyimage #asianamericanfeminism #asianbodypositivity #immigrantstories #podcast #mentalhealthrecovery #stigmafree #nomorestigma #bipolar #bipolar1
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Do you remember how old you were when you started thinking about your body? My first home was in Israel where my parents tell me I was a head above the other children in my group. Growing up they told me stories about myself: I was always tall, always with the biggest appetite, always loud, always trying to pet one of the animals nearby, always helping the kids who were littler than me get dressed or reach for things they needed. When you’re young you can absorb the stories people share about you and take them on as your own. And for a long time I liked these stories very much. But as I got older and certainly when we were back in the US And I was 5 I didn’t want be called big, I didn’t want people to hear my accent or know that I had a really healthy appetite; that most girls’ clothing the didn’t fit me the way they fit other girls my age. My body became something to be aware of, to worry about, and very rarely to be proud of. I don’t blame any one thing for this change. Could just be a special combination of Western culture, media, adolescence, my own self-consciousness… It’s taken me years to sift through these beliefs about myself—to embrace my body but also separate myself from what it means. My new podcast about body image in American women is launching next month and there’s a link to the survey I’m doing for it in my bio. How are you doing on your body journey— do you remember how old you were when you wondered if yours was OK? Photo: on our kibbutz in the Negev desert, age 3 #TakeUpSpace #TheBodyMyth #ShePodcasts #WomenWhoPodcast #yourbodyyourbusiness #WhenSheComesBackMemoir #WomenWhoWrite #Memoirist #TheBodyMythPodcast #bodypositivitymovement #MotherDaughterStory #JewishWriters #StoriesCanHeal #WomenWritersOfInstagram
I suspect I still think about my stomach, my size, my body so many years later in part because of my early experience with it. I wore hand-me-downs for a decent portion of my childhood and my stomach didn’t fit into the waistbands well. Putting clothes on was sort of a hold-your-breath-and-cross-your-fingers-they-fit experience that I wrote about in my memoir When She Comes Back. It never occurred to me that maybe the clothes were the wrong size. Never. My stomach and build and body were the problem and that has stayed with me despite what I’ve learned about #dietculture and the #bodypositive movement. But I’m working on it— trying to understand better and hear from other women who have been through this too. My new project/podcast is about this very subject and if you’d like to contribute 1-you can check out the survey in my bio. 2-you can message me with a body image memory that I can share on an episode (with or without your name)❤️ There’s also a link to chapter 1 of my When She Comes Back audiobook about parents who leave, a guru, and growing up feeling less-than. I think it’s so helpful to share stories and I look forward to learning about yours. Quote card: “I got the sweater on and puffed it over my waistline so that people at school wouldn’t see my fat squishing over the top of my skirt. As long as the safety pin didn’t pop open, I would be all right. Nobody would know I was too big for my clothes.”—excerpted from When She Comes Back #WhenSheComesBackMemoir #WomenWhoWrite #Memoirist #igotout #BodyDysmorphia #EatingDisorderAwareness #MomsSupportMoms #GenerationalTrauma #HealingTheMotherWound #MotheringJourney #StoriesCanHeal #TheBodyMyth #NewPodcast
BOOKS FOR SALE! Hardcover Price: RM48 The Body Myth by Rheea Mukherjee Synopsis: Mira is a teacher living in the heart of Suryam, the only place in the world the fickle Rasagura fruit grows. Mira lives alone, and with only the French existentialists as companions, until the day she witnesses a beautiful woman having a seizure in the park. Mira runs to help her but is cautious, for she could have sworn the woman looked around to see if anyone was watching right before the seizure began. Mira is quickly drawn into the lives of this mysterious woman Sara, who suffers a myriad of unexplained illnesses, and her kind, intensely supportive husband Rahil, striking up intimate, volatile and fragile friendships with each of them that quickly become something more. #thebookbox #books #booksmalaysia #indiabooks #indiabooksmalaysia #cheapbooks #bookstagram #thebodymyth #rheeamukherjee #year2019
📣 8 DAYS LEFT TO REGISTER! 🎫 Join us on Dec 21 for @gaachburi 's generative workshop on writing with constraints. Venue @champacabooks . . DM or click the link in bio to register. . Limited seats available. . . #writingcommunity #writingblock #writersofindia #bangalore #bangaloredays #bangalore_insta #thebodymyth #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #bookish #bookpublishing #shortfiction #shortstories #champaca #writersofindia #poetrycommunity
📣 5 DAYS LEFT TO REGISTER! 🎫 Join us on Dec 18,19 for @rheea_rodrigues_mukherjee 's workshop on The Short Story Paradox. . . DM or click the link in bio to register. . Limited seats available. . . #writingcommunity #writingblock #writersofindia #bangalore #bangaloredays #bangalore_insta #thebodymyth #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #bookish #bookpublishing #shortfiction #shortstories #champaca #writersofindia #poetrycommunity
Rolling out our special features for the first edition of 'Can you hear me?' - It's so special to have author @rheea_rodrigues_mukherjee! Happy to have her share her words and time with us at our women only gathering this sunday.. maybe she'll read a bit from the book too? You'll only know if you've been among the lucky few to have secured your spot 🦋 We've been meaning to come again together ever since we met at Roshan Ali's (@crostipunctus) book launch that we hosted in April 2019 BC (before covid?) 😄 so we're glad it's finally happening! 🥰 #booksandbrewsindia #canyouhearme #thebodymyth #penguin
| Writers Studio 01 | @rheea_rodrigues_mukherjee , author of The Body Myth, will be facilitating our very first Workshop on The Short Story Paradox. Dec 18-19, 11AM to 4PM Venue @pagalcanvasbackyard Limited seats available. Visit our website and register now. 2 seats are Pay-As-You-Can. DM us to avail! Price includes: Workshop, materials, tea & snacks and a dramatized reading by @kavya_09 . . . #bangalore #pagalcanvas #pagalcanvasbackyard #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #writingcommunity #writersofindia #champaca #creativewriting #shortstories #fiction #novel #publishing #selfpublishing #bookpublishing #rheeamukherjee #thebodymyth
| Writers Studio 01 | @rheea_rodrigues_mukherjee , author of The Body Myth, will be facilitating our very first Workshop on The Short Story Paradox. Dec 18-19, 11AM to 4PM Venue @pagalcanvasbackyard Limited seats available. Visit our website and register now. 2 seats are Pay-As-You-Can. DM us to avail! Price includes: Workshop, materials, tea & snacks and a dramatized reading by @kavya_09 . . . #bangalore #pagalcanvas #pagalcanvasbackyard #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #writingcommunity #writersofindia #champaca #creativewriting #shortstories #fiction #novel #publishing #selfpublishing #bookpublishing #rheeamukherjee #thebodymyth
| Writers Studio 01 | @rheea_rodrigues_mukherjee , author of The Body Myth, will be facilitating our very first Workshop on The Short Story Paradox. Dec 18-19, 11AM to 4PM Venue @pagalcanvasbackyard Limited seats available. Visit our website and register now. 2 seats are Pay-As-You-Can. DM us to avail! Price includes: Workshop, materials, tea & snacks and a dramatized reading by @kavya_09 . . . #bangalore #pagalcanvas #pagalcanvasbackyard #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #writingcommunity #writersofindia #champaca #creativewriting #shortstories #fiction #novel #publishing #selfpublishing #bookpublishing #rheeamukherjee #thebodymyth
Thank you so so much @thegreenenvelope_ For such a rad honest review and thoughts about #thebodymyth Please go to the post on @thegreenenvelope_ To see the slides :) @unnamedpress @penguinindia Reposted from @thegreenenvelope_ My thoughts on THE BODY MYTH by RHEEA MUKHERJEE. Conflicting feels for a conflicting book. This one makes you think.. . . . #writing #fiction #novel #bookreview #bookstagram #bookshelf #bookblog #bookmarks #booklover
🐼 cannot express the warmth she felt on reading this book by the beautiful Rheea Mukherjee! It was quite unexpected for me (ishita here, im the 🐼) to feel parts of the experience mentioned by one or the characters to be slightly touching in a way that it felt like my inner child could relate to some bits and peices of the story. I'm often very possessive about the books that I read and keep in my library. But lately I've had dome feelings for sharing some of the books from my library to expand on the act of kindness, community, love and the relationship of sharing amongst book lovers! Anyone who would like to have this book, just dm! It's a beautiful read and I hope this book enriches your life! . . . #thebodymyth #bookstagram #booklover #bookstagramfeature #booknerd #mentalhealthindia #mentalhealthmatters #igreads #booklove #vscobooks #bookphotography
*Book Review* THE BODY MYTH ~ Rheea Mukherjee 32 year old Mira is a school teacher who has spent the last year coping with the sudden death of a husband, only 7 months into the marriage. Mira lives alone only with the French existentialists as companions, until the day her solitary existence is upended by a beautiful woman having a seizure in a local Park. Mira is quickly drawn into a life of this mysterious woman, Sara, who suffers a myriad of unexplained illness, and her kind, intensely supportive husband Rahil. As she strikes up intimate, volatile and fragile friendships with them, Mira is intoxicated by the attention and eager to unravel the mystery of sarah's illness. The deeper Mira is drawn into the relationship, the harder it becomes to see the truth and the more she grows to love them, the more she has to lose. The Body Myth is a powerfully intimate novel about the fetishization of illness. The book talked about some underrepresented topics like mental health, its relation to physical health, self awareness and unconventional relationships. It also represents a keen interest in the female body and the question of its ownership. There were only three major characters in the books and all three were portrayed really beautifully involving well defined back stories and some smooth character development arcs. There was definitely something to learn from each character. However the book was very slow. It started out quiet interesting but the level of charm was not consistent through out the plot. On the other hand, it has some good thought behind it and has discussed a few interesting concepts. A major part of the books personality was in being open to interpretation. I rate it: ⭐⭐⭐/5 #thebodymyth #rheeamujherjee #contemporary #mentalhealth #intimate #femalebody #relationships #polyamory #booklover #bookstagramer #book #booklove #bookstagramers #bookstagram #bookdragon #bookworm #bibliophile #readingtime #bookholic #readersofinsta #bookscommunity #reader #readers #readabook #booksaremagic #reading #bookslife #bookchallange #booktok
The Body Myth by Rheea Mukherjee is a book that tells us that the exotic and the mundane exists in the same person much like the fictional fruit of Rasgura which is exotic to the outsider but when you enter the town of Suryam it's an ordinary home grown delicacy. Much like the non-monogamous polycule that emerges between Sara, Rahil and Mira. It might seem exotic or even voyeuristic for the reader to standing at the edge of the book and looking into their relationship. But to the three of them it is an ordinary everyday occurence of their reality, a intimate dance and language that is best spoken by individuals who inhabit the space. But it isn't just the reader who is voyeuristic, Mira feels a morbid curiosity towards Sara when she witnesses her having seizures in a park. This curiosity makes her an onlooker in Sara and Rahul's life and soon a part of it. But while being a part of it she also walks a thin love of being a lover and being an onlooker who is slicing apart Sara's illnesses. Time and again the questions of who defines illness, who is an ill person and at what point does the mind become so powerful that the body bows down to the mind? In Mira we see an individual who is grieving and finds solace, love and companionship with Sara and Rahil. She is surrounded by the existentialist writing. Perhaps all the existentialist writing could not sum up the absurdity of living as much as her reality did when she gets drawn into Sara and Rahil's world. For all her knowledge of Sara and her illness the reader sees a constant grappling for labels and at what point sickness and madness ensues. In Sara we see the constant battle of wanting to escape the body while being trapped by it and the illness it is capable of conjuring. If the body is just that, a myth, and soul is all that matters then what do we make of the absurdity of exisiting and getting by in our lives? [CONTINUED IN COMMENTS] #thebodymyth #rheamukherjee #bookstagram #indianwriting #reader #queerreads #queerwriting #lgbtreads #reader #queerreader #bookstagramindia #polyamoryrelationship #readersofinstagram #queerbooks #queerwriter #pridereads #july2021reads
The Body Myth by Rhea Mukherjee Review by @grprsd The name Rhea and its bengali resemblance has kind of instilled a sinister image in my mind given the recent events that have unfolded. But I take comfort from the fact that author of this intirguing book completely changed that image for me replacing it with that of a very intelligent, steady and philosophical mind. In her book, which is in first person, she narrates her story of love and belonging in a philosophical and mystical tone that keeps the reader hooked. One might mistake the writing to be self-indulgent and narcissistic as the author delves into her deepest feelings and emotions dealing with them in real-time during the story. Yet you will find out that it is not like that in any way because there is a realism in it that is highly reflective of every person who converses with themselves about life in general and the reasons for existence. Through love for other people, Rhea decodes complex relationships of Mira with two people which, at least for me. was a first time experience. The whirlwind of emotions that transpire between the three people in love has been expressed beautifully in a steady philosophical voice. The ending, as one would expect,keeps up with the tone of the whole book taing the reader to the calmness they experience in mystical snow clad mountains. The urban well educated sophisticated Indian reader will identify with this book as it has all the ingredients that make them intellectual. There is chamomile tea, a rare exotic fruit and exquisite simple meals that tickle the intellect of intelligent people. All of these gastronomical details keep up with the mystical tone of the book completing it in the mundane ways too. It was a great experience reading this book and definitely one of the most intriguing. Thank you Rohini Venkatesh Malur for picking this one up. I know a bit about you now through this book because I remember that you are fond of it when you suggested it for the book of the month. This one deserves a 4.5 / 5 ! #thebodymyth #rheamukherjee #bookreviews #queerliterature #queerreview #queerbookclub #lgbtqliterature #lgbtbookclub
This pride month #pridemonth #pridemonthindia I am giving out five copies of the #thebodymyth to my queer folks. If you'd like a chance to get one of these free copies, please comment with hey, HELLO or something. I'll pick five commenters at random. As long as your address is in India, I will ship it to you 💙❤️💜🌺🌈
The Body Myth leaves too many questions unanswered- What is the relevance of Rasagura? What makes you "too special to feel awkward"? Why on earth is Mira not going to a shrink? All these and more. Yet this book makes me feel for the characters. Even while leaving me wanting for more, this novel is one I cannot go back to reading again. What is it about some stories that leave the reader forlorn and miserable? . . . #thebodymyth #rheeamukherjee #debutnovels #womenwriting #indianwriters #womenwritingfiction #indianwomenauthors #fictionbywomen #indianauthors #indiannovel #indianenglishliterature #indianenglishwriting #penguinbooks #lovetriangle #lovestories #munchausensyndrome #bookblogger #bookrecommendation #bookreview #booksofinstagram #bookstagrammer #bookstagram #indianbookstagram #indianbookstagrammer #indianbooks #storiesthatstay #fiction #debutnovel #mentalhealth #unconventionalstories
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After finishing The Body Myth by Rheea Mukherjee, I'm really looking forward to reading more from this author. We're following Mira, whose husband died after less than one year of marriage, and who turns to books and philosophy in her grief to help her make sense of the world. She has a strange, chance encounter with an intriguing couple that ends up drawing her into their orbit and shifting her worldview yet again. I LOVED the beginning and middle of this book, and particularly thought Mukherjee's writing itself was excellent, but was much less enamoured with the ending. Recommend if you like thoughtful character studies and short books written in interesting, meandering ways. 📖 #thebodymyth #bookreview #bookrecommendation #bookblogger #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #readingoutside #springreading #bibliophile #bookworm
Another election result and these words from Rheea Mukherjee's The Body Myth resonate like never before. Who is the loser? #thebodymyth
What an insightful conversation with the lovely @rheea_rodrigues_mukherjee last evening. We asked her about the journey of her book The Body Myth, her writing process, her characters, and so much more. We loved how honest, fun and engaging the interaction was. It helped each of us look at the book in a new light. We listened to her anecdotes in rapt attention as she spoke to us about challenges, rejections and success, that we think was well-deserved! Have you read this book? Do let us know what you thought of it! #thebodymyth #rheeamukherjee #bookdiscussion #bookclubsofinstagram #booksbooksbooks #fromthebookshelf #readersofinstagram #readingisfun #readofthemonth #authormeet #authorsofindia #virtualbookclub #thelockdownreaders
Andddddd the day we were looking forward to, is finally here! We @thelockdownreaders are all set to engage with @rheea_rodrigues_mukherjee about her book The Body Myth tonight! If you loved the book or were intrigued by it, drop your questions in the comment section or DM us! Watch this space for highlights from our interaction. #bookdiscussion #thebodymyth #rheeamukherjee #bookclubsofinstagram #readersofinstagram #readers #bookloversunite #booknerd #booksbooksbooks #readingisfun #virtualbookclub #thelockdownreaders
#Repost @thelockdownreaders • • • • • • Our read for the month of March was recommended by our member @vidyavraja. Authored by @rheea_rodrigues_mukherjee, this book chronicles the story of Mira, a young widow and teacher living in the heart of Suryam.The land where the exquisite fruit Rasagura grows. Mira, a voracious readers often lost in the world of French existentialists witnesses a beautiful woman having a seizure in the park. From here on, her life gets intermingled with that of the said mysterious woman Sara who suffers from a barrage of unexplained illnesses, and her husband Rahil. If you are looking for a book that isn't afraid to venture into unchartered territories, take on bold topics and ask uncomfortable questions, pick this up. #thebodymyth #bookofthemonth #bookclub #bookclubsofinstagram #booksbooksbooks #bookloversunite #readingisfun #readersofinstagram #readers #readmorebooks #booknerd #bookaddicts #virtualbookclub #thelockdownreaders
Isn't it? What's your take on love? Just one among the many beautiful quotes that strike you in @rheea_rodrigues_mukherjee's The Body Myth. #quotesfrombooks #quotesaboutlife #quotestagram #quoteoftheday #thebodymyth #book #booksbooksbooks #fromthebookshelf #readofthemonth #readersofinstagram #readers #bookclubsofinstagram #virtualbookclub #thelockdownreaders
Our read for the month of March was recommended by our member @vidyavraja. Authored by @rheea_rodrigues_mukherjee, this book chronicles the story of Mira, a young widow and teacher living in the heart of Suryam.The land where the exquisite fruit Rasagura grows. Mira, a voracious readers often lost in the world of French existentialists witnesses a beautiful woman having a seizure in the park. From here on, her life gets intermingled with that of the said mysterious woman Sara who suffers from a barrage of unexplained illnesses, and her husband Rahil. If you are looking for a book that isn't afraid to venture into unchartered territories, take on bold topics and ask uncomfortable questions, pick this up. #thebodymyth #bookofthemonth #bookclub #bookclubsofinstagram #booksbooksbooks #bookloversunite #readingisfun #readersofinstagram #readers #readmorebooks #booknerd #bookaddicts #virtualbookclub #thelockdownreaders
Reading one book a week was my resolution for 2021. Of course I've fallen short of that target 😅 but 11 books in around 13 weeks is still a surprise to myself 😁 . . . #bookstagram #booklover #burntsugar #theninechamberedheart #theboyinthestripedpajamas #thegirlinwhitecotton #farenheit451 # #theheartaskspleasurefirst #gulab #iknowwhythecagedbirdsings #thebodymyth #comingoutasdalit #ghacharghochar #bookloversofinstagram #bookrecommendations #bookstagrammer #indianbookstagrammer #womenwhoread #brownwomenwhoread #browngirlreading #browngirlreads #readingheals #readinglist #indianreaders #girlwhoreads #girlsreading #novels #novelsarelife #indianbookblogger
Help us choose our book club pick of the month!!! 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘔𝘺𝘵𝘩 “This book follows Mira, recently widowed as she tries to re-build her life when she is drawn to the mysterious, Sara, who suffers from a myriad of unexplained illnesses and her husband Rahil, striking up intimate, volatile and fragile friendships with each of them that quickly become something more.” 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟐: 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘮 “It wasn’t until Manjiri Indurkar was in her twenties and living away from home that she began to suspect that all wasn’t well with her. Growing up in Jabalpur with a loving and supportive family, her childhood had been perfect. Why then was her body telling her otherwise? Confronted with the vagaries of her health, Manjiri came to a realisation—her body could contain its secrets no longer. It was time to let go.” Comment below and let us know which one you want to read!! Also check out our stories to vote on the poll. . . . . . . . #thebodymyth #itsallinyourheadm #bookstagram #bookclub #girlswhoread #womensbookclub #needtoread #lovetoread # #booknerd #bookworm #booksofinstagram #bookcommunity #readersofinstagram #readmorebooks #bookphotography #bookrecommendations #bookreviews #igbooks #bookgeeks #booksbooksbooks #igreads #iamreading #booksaesthetic #ilovereading #bibliophile #bookworm #bookaddicts
#Repost @unnamedpress • • • • • • "Witty, melancholic, and dramatic by turns, @rheea_rodrigues_mukherjee’s #TheBodyMyth is a touching love story about misfits searching for togetherness, even if that togetherness might not be healthy for all concerned…” — @forewordreviews ❤️📚 Thinking about #TheBodyMyth today . . . . . #bookstagram #igreads #debutnovel #readwomen #bookish #bookworm #weneeddiversebooks
"Witty, melancholic, and dramatic by turns, @rheea_rodrigues_mukherjee’s #TheBodyMyth is a touching love story about misfits searching for togetherness, even if that togetherness might not be healthy for all concerned…” — @forewordreviews ❤️📚 Thinking about #TheBodyMyth today . . . . . #bookstagram #igreads #debutnovel #readwomen #bookish #bookworm #weneeddiversebooks
At some point in the last week, I saw someone make a book stack as tall as them (if I find their account I’ll tag them in a comment below). The ultimate book stack, a MEGA book stack if you will. As luck would have it, I took a mental health day last Friday and decided to devote some of that time towards making my own, 5’2” book stack. 📚 If you are expecting a story of triumph this is not it, friends. My plan was to use as many giant hardcovers as possible to lay a foundation before slowly working my way up to smaller paperbacks; that plan was unsuccessful and the stack hit about three feet before collapsing beneath it’s own weight. At that point my Ma stepped in to help me brainstorm a way to make a very large stack of books that did not fall over immediately. After the hardcover base I added pretty much every single paperback I could find, placing wire bookends throughout with the hope that it would prevent any swaying (did it work? no. did that stop me from using three of them? no). 📚 After an hour of grabbing books, stacking them, re-stacking them, spilling my cup of coffee and shouting “Nala, no!” This was the end result. The mega-stack did not reach my very great height of 5’2”, but maybe the real moral of the story was patience or perseverance… JK, there is no moral, I’m just glad I didn’t break a toe. 📚 Have any of y’all tried making a mega-stack of books- and was it successful? If you’re an engineer, where exactly did I go wrong? And if this is the first time you’ve seen my face (just in general or in a while), howdy ✌🏽 📚 #bookstagram #bookish #igbooks #bookphotography #bookstack #unitedbookstagram #shelfie #meetthebookstagrammer #bibliophile #booksandcoffee #thewarmthofothersuns #stampedfromthebeginning #itsnotabouttheburqa #Iwastoldtocomealone #whatwecarry #ordinarygirls #americanpredatorbook #nogodbutgod #menwereap #justmercy #trickmirror #theendofpolicing #mytimeamongthewhites #brideofthesea #whitetiger #thekiterunner #thebodymyth #wearenevermeetinginreallife
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Just a friendly reminder for the times when you suddenly feel that the shape of your body is the problem and changing it - the solution... Nah #naomiwolf #thebodymyth #diet #dietculture #feminism #instaquote #herstory
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#Repost @high_on_bibliophilism • • • • • • First read of 2021!! #currentlyreading #januaryread #thebodymyth #rheeamukherjee #2021read #kolkatabookclub #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #indiabookstagram #booklover
First read of 2021!! #currentlyreading #januaryread #thebodymyth #rheeamukherjee #2021read #kolkatabookclub #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #indiabookstagram #booklover
Contemporary fiction. A young widow in the city of Suryam in India witnesses a beautiful woman having a seizure in a park, and ends up drawn into a relationship with the woman and her husband. I picked up the book because of the unconventional relationship at its core, but it also has some things to say about the different paths that can lead beyond normative convention – for the viewpoint character, that in part is her reading of dead Western philosophers, thinkers, and writers; for the other woman in the relationship, it is her take on Sufi mysticism; for the man in the relationship, it is his connection to the two women. And it is fundamentally, I think, a book about intense, painful loneliness, and the ways that the drive to connect can pull us in transgressive directions, normative directions, or both. Spent much of the book deeply uncertain how I felt about it. It seemed very invested in psychologizing everything, and it felt like it was leaving little space to read the characters’ choices and ways of relating with one another as anything other than pathological – not that the author necessarily meant to do that, but it was certainly how it hit me early in the book. I also was never quite sure what to do with the clear unreliability of the narrator, though I appreciated the effective portrayal of both her grief from the earlier loss of her husband and her searingly intense plunge into need and love during the story. Ultimately, I ended up in the ‘thumbs up’ camp. The way the book concludes is not any sort of simplistic happy ending, but it captures the complexity of their situation and seems to have much more space for not just its dysfunction but also its joy and okay-ness in a way that seems lacking earlier in the book...and in a way that perhaps implicitly explains that earlier lack. Soooo...yeah. Ultimately liked it, but I still feel a certain ambivalence about it. #book #bookstagram #booklover #bookstagrammer #bookish #novel #fiction #bookreview #novelreview #nonmonogamy #rheeamukherjee #thebodymyth
//Book discussion// QOTD: Tell me a book that surprised you to the core?! For me THE BODY MYTH is the one✨ I wonder why have I never found this on bookstagram! I'm truly mesmerized by the way the author weaves in the characters through her prodigious utterances. The relationship between Sara, who battles multiple ailments at the same time, her husband Rahil, who never turns irksome about his wife's condition and Sara's newly found friend, who has her own scars of past and is trying to vanquish them by exploring her new relationship with Sara is simply perfect and confusing at the same time! Halfway into the book and I can't sit tight till I finish it. Full review up soon😊
Signing a copy of #thebodymyth at @champacabooks while @manjiriindurkar arrives from North India to sign her books (it's all in your head, m) .for Bangalore. Don't mind Jeera. #books #fiction #memoir #writer #community Photo credit @manjiriindurkar
BOOKS FOR SALE! Hardcover The Body Myth by Rheea Mukherjee Synopsis: Mira is a teacher living in the heart of Suryam, a modern bustling in city India, and the only place in the world the fickle Rasagura fruit grows. Mira lives alone, and with only the French existentialists as companions, until the day she witnesses a beautiful woman having a seizure in the park. Mira runs to help her but is cautious, for she could have sworn the woman looked around to see if anyone was watching right before the seizure began. Mira is quickly drawn into the lives of this mysterious woman Sara, who suffers a myriad of unexplained illnesses, and her kind, intensely supportive husband Rahil, striking up intimate, volatile and fragile friendships with each of them that quickly become something more. A moving exploration of loss, Mukherjee delivers an intense and unexpected modern love story as Mira reconciles reality with desire. #thebookbox #books #booksmalaysia #indiabooks #indiabooksmalaysia #cheapbooks #bookmalaysia #booklovers #bookstagram #thebodymyth #rheeamukherjee #year2019
Thank you @silhouette_dl for such a thoughtful review of #thebodymyth. @penguinhamishhamilton @penguinindia @manasisubramaniam #books #fiction #lgbtqia #authorsofinstagram #bookshelf #indianwriters #indianfiction #bookreviews
Human emotions can manifest in ways that cannot be comprehended and one may respond in ways which may seem odd, to cope with the circumstances. The Body Myth throws light at the different levels of coping mechanisms resorted by humans .Books talk profoundly about mental health, depression; with wisdom of a philosopher and melancholy of someone who has endured it closely. It also questions the dualism concept of mind and body. Do our thoughts cage our body? Whatever the body undergoes is it a state of being or is it a state of mind? Body myth is a complex novel with atypical characters who dissent societal norms and carry thoughts which are radical yet very basic. The story takes place in Suryam, an imaginary city known for unique Rasagura trees .There we meet a young widow Mira and a married couple Sara and Rahil. Sara is a charismatic lady with a body cramped by her mind and suffering an unnamed illness. Circumstances and their own internal battles entangle the three in a polyamorous relation. They try to find solace in each other by feeding on each other’s emotions and residing in comforts of their needs. The story is about their dynamics shifts, loneliness, desires, progression of thoughts and love. The plot is unconventional; on top writing has indulged in philosophy, mental issues and to a great extent dealt with it convincingly because of the writer's skill in her craft. Rheea Mukherjee’s words strike like they were derived from dark cervices of minds with deep understanding of it. Every character made a mark. The narration was through Mira, a well-read teacher and is mostly written like an intimate conversation with the reader. Her internalising thoughts were profound & reflected her knowledge imbibed from books, which I personally enjoyed reading. Sara was a handful too with her contradictions; calm in the chaos, insecure yet liberated. At a few portions in the latter half, the characters grappled in maintaining emotional connect, and I failed to follow their emotional trajectory.Narrative kind of digressed and I wished it was streamlined a bit more. Towards the end it regained its charm. The end wasn’t definitive ,but isn't it how life is?( Contd)
Because I cannot gather enough brain cells to write a whole review, here's a #bookhaul for you. I have been wanting to put up a book haul for ages now but wasn't able to figure out the picture but finally I have the picture (Thanks for the help Ashwin). This bookhaul is mostly sponsored by my awesome friends. Low - Jeet Thayil gift from @brownboywithabook The Body Myth - Rheea Mukherjee The city and the sea - Raj Kamal Jha Girl In White Cotton (Burnt Sugar) - Avni Doshi another lovely gift from @brownboywithabook The Porpoise - Mark Haddon thanks for sending this across @pjwalebaabu Azadi - Arundhati Roy thanks a lot for this bro @hermit0007 That's it, that's the bookhaul y'all. See any favourites, mention in the comments. Qotd : What was the last book you bought? Who made you buy it or bought it for you? tag them maybe 🤷🏽♂️😅
It's true. Rejections from agents and publishers over a year before my first novel was published. It too a stubbornness and consistency I normally can't apply in my life :) thanks @boundindia for this creative that I hope inspires and holds other writers through the times of rejection. There is no end to it at any point of your career. I always say, make rejection your lover, hold it closely and make it a part of you. If you are not getting rejected you are not writing (if publication is your end goal of course only). And don't define your understanding of being a writer by publication either. If you can't help but write, then you are a writer. Want to know how many times my larger span of work has been rejected ? Over 300 times. Feel free to reach out or ask questions if you need some help. ❤️ #writers #community #writingcommunity #authorsofinstagram #rejection #writingrejection #creativewriting #thebodymyth #fiction #fictionwriters #published #publishing #MFA #literaryfiction #debutnovels
It's a treat day when you see your friends in bookstores. Today @shalchemy @prashanthkumarnair and little @jeeragram went to @champacabooks and we saw @manjiriindurkar 's new book there and we both both copies. Also @tansol1986 's new novel , The Machine is Learning is n the JCB prize list selection there. And yay the #thebodymyth is in the Bangalore authors section. We bought books had vegan chocolate tarts and kambucha and forgot that we were in the middle of a horrible year. @westland_books @penguinhamishhamilton #friends #writers #indianwriters #manjiriindukar #tanujsolanki #itsallinyourheadm #themachineislearning #published #writingcommunity #bangalorebooklovers #bookshelf #authorsofinstagram #bookstores #buylocal
#didyouknow Rheea Mukherjee's acclaimed novel "The Body Myth" was rejected 40 times! And she has collected over 300 rejections over the years as a writer! Rheea thinks that rejection is a part of every writers' journey. And we should embrace it wholeheartedly. Do you agree? What is your experience with rejection? #rejection #hustlehard #writinglife #writingtip #writingprocess #writerslife #writersofindia #writingcommunityofinstagram #writersofig #fictionwriting #ThursdayTrivia #recommendedreading #booksmatter #authorsofindia #authorsofinstagram #litfic #podcastsofinstagram #podcaster #podcasttime #rheeamukherjee #thebodymyth #BooksAndBeyondWithBound
Reposting from @boundindia a quick clip from such a lovely conversation with @michellewdcosta and @tarakhandelwal489. Here I am giving major Bashan on REJECTION. Rejection and writing that is. Check out @boundpodcasts to hear the whole episode and browse through the stellar range of writers they have recorded with. #writing #authorlife #thebodymyth #bookshelf #mentalhealth #lgbtqia #indianwriters #literature #literaryfiction #boundindia #readersofinstagram #authorofinstagram #writingcommunity #writingworkshops
Tune in to our 9th episode, where we talk to Rheea Mukherjee, author of "The Body Myth" which was shortlisted for the Tata Literature Live First Book Award. Find out why writers should embrace rejection and how a writing mentorship changed her life! Link in bio. Rheea Rodrigues Mukherjee is the author of The Body Myth (Unnamed Press /Penguin India 2019) which was shortlisted for the Tata Literature Live First Book Award. Her work has been published and featured in Scroll.in, Southern Humanities Review, Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, Vogue India, Out of Print, TBLM, and Bengal Lights, among others. She co-founded Bangalore Writers Workshop in 2012 and currently co-runs Write Leela Write, a Design and Content Laboratory in Bangalore, India. Rheea has an MFA in creative writing from California College of the Arts. #newepisode #newepisodealert #literaryfiction #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthisimportant #polyamorous #polyamorousrelationship #loveislove #writing #writinginspiration #favoritereads #bookswelove #bookstafam #bookstafamindia #indiareads #indianfiction #womenwhowrite #womenwriters #writinglife #rheeamukherjee #thebodymyth #boundpodcasts
I am talking about things. Approaches, vibes, and past experience teaching with @boundindia . I can't wait to mentor the September workshop with them ! @michellewdcosta @tarakhandelwal489 #writingworkshops #writingcommunityofinstagram #community #creativewriting #authorsofinstagram #thebodymyth #fiction #indianwriters #craft #india
I am mentoring with @boundindia again! This time it's a virtual retreat (COVID womp womp womp). There are a few seats remaining, find the details and apply by getting on @boundindia page and checking their bio link.