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Book Review: The Water Phoenix Is A Powerful Memoir Of Childhood Abuse, Anguish, And Redemption
The Water Phoenix is a memoir of childhood abuse, healing and forgiveness by Rituparna Chatterjee.
Book cover Ashutosh Kumar Thakur 2021-04-01T14:57:43+05:30 Book Review: The Water Phoenix Is A Powerful Memoir Of Childhood Abuse, Anguish, And Redemption outlookindia.com 2021-04-01T15:00:09+05:30
In our society, where even stones and trees are worshipped, children are routinely beaten, neglected and abused. The daily news is rife with stories of abuse and neglect, often perpetrated in the name of discipline or protection. Female foeticide, instances of child marriage and the sexual abuse of minors - the statistics are frightening. Lakhs of children are robbed of childhood, and we as citizens are doing little to remedy that.
This memoir traces the journey of the writer from being a victim of childhood abuse to forgiveness
An excerpt from ‘The Water Phoenix’, by Rituparna Chatterjee. Author Rituparna Chatterjee.
Nobody had remembered to tell me that there was going to be a wedding – let alone my own father’s wedding.
But then, what else can be expected from grown-ups? They are always so anxious, so afraid, and so insecure. But of course, I knew. I knew in the way children always know everything. Of course, I lapped up the bribe, but there had been No Knead. I had just saved Kaalu’s life and I couldn’t have been happier or cared less.