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As the saying goes, if it seems too good to be true, it probably is. But for Miranda Fitch, she has to grasp a tantalizing opportunity when it presents itself. Her life had fallen to shambles in one fell swoop a devastating accident crushed her back, her dreams as an actor, and her marriage. Now caught in a battle between agonizing chronic pain and painkiller dependence, all Miranda wants to do is stage a production of “All’s Well That Ends Well’ at the local community college where she teaches. But her students vehemently disagree and she’s in danger of losing her job. When three mysterious strangers give her the chance to transfer her pain to others, she takes it, but naturally, there will be consequences for her decision. Following her critically acclaimed 2019 novel “Bunny,” Boston author Mona Awad delivers another sharp satire with “All’s Well.”
soaked in grief.
When Mohabir follows Aji s songs to the holy city of Varanasi, India, where he lives for a year in college, he decides to write about the relationship between Bhojpuri folk music and the
Ramayana. Something about how Aji sings the tale and how his father made his mother burn her cherished copy of the book makes Mohabir want to lean into the meaning of exile. It is in Varanasi that he finds a spiritual singer a baba who sings to him in Guyanese Bhojpuri the same language that Aji learned to speak years ago, thousands of miles away.
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In parts of India, elders traditionally end greetings with the phrase jug jug jiye, which means may you live long. Versions of this exist in several languages of the subcontinent, offered as respect or acknowledgment of one another, or as a blessing.
In Rajiv Mohabir s memoir
Antiman, it is one of many phrases in the Guyanese Bhojpuri language that he learns from his
Aji his paternal grandmother. In the book he recounts growing up feeling like an outsider due to the strict command his community held on his understanding of race and sexuality, and how leaning into the language of his ancestors helped him begin a journey of discovery and assurance, eventually finding his way back to himself.
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