01883nam a2200193Ia 4500 20250614134634.0 240822s9999 xx 000 0 und d 9789391256364 pbk eng 823.92 HAM Hamlai, Vaishali Through the open Window / Vaishali Hamlai 1st edition New Delhi: Rupa publications, 2021. New Delhi 210 p This is a poignant, compelling and unflinching depiction of the powerful yet delicate bond between a mother and her daughters. Through the Open Window follows the lives of three independent women—Jannat Kaur and her daughters, Mahira and Tamannah—who lead life on their own terms. The story is as much about love and longing as it is about three women, who are able to look at their mistakes honestly, even if the realization happens later. The novel goes back and forth in time and looks at how Jannat came to be where she is today—a managing partner in a leading company, with twin daughters in college. The strand of the past starts during Jannats college days, with her getting pregnant and then rejected by her then-boyfriend. From the worries of becoming a single mother, to falling in love again with a man who accepts her daughters as his own, her life is shattered yet again and she is forced to raise the twins on her own. Tamannah and Mahira have to deal with their own share of complex and sometimes emotionally wrenching situations. For Tamannah its the men in her life (much like her mother) and for Mahira it is the everyday fight for her sense of self and her battle to emerge out of the shadow of two fiercely assertive and headstrong female influences shes had all her life. Through the Open Window is a depiction of how love can create, destroy and recreate. English Fiction ENGLISH 525682 525682 0 0 0 0 ACL ACL 4B 2024-08-22 295.00 1 1 823.92 HAM 659382 2026-02-04 13:18:20 2025-12-26 2024-08-22 ENGLISH 0 0 0 0 ACL ACL CS 2024-04-06 295.00 0 823.92 HAM 659383 2024-08-22 09:55:47 2024-08-22 ENGLISH