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Sudha Murty s new book comprises two novellas that explore two quests by two different men both for mothers they never knew they had.
Venkatesh, a bank manager, stumbles upon his lookalike one fine day. When he probes further, he discovers his father s hidden past, which includes an abandoned wife and child. Ventakesh is determined to make amends to his impoverished stepmother but how can he repay his father s debt?
Mukesh, a young man, is shocked to realize after his father s death that he was actually adopted. He sets out to find his biological mother, but the deeper he delves, the more confused he gets about where his loyalties should lie: with the mother who gave birth to him, or with the mother who brought him up.
The Mother I Never Knew is a poignant, dramatic book that reaches deep into the human heart to reveal what we really feel about those closest to us.
Venkatesh, a bank manager, stumbles upon his lookalike one fine day. When he probes further, he discovers his father s hidden past, which includes an abandoned wife and child. Ventakesh is determined to make amends to his impoverished stepmother but how can he repay his father s debt?
Mukesh, a young man, is shocked to realize after his father s death that he was actually adopted. He sets out to find his biological mother, but the deeper he delves, the more confused he gets about where his loyalties should lie: with the mother who gave birth to him, or with the mother who brought him up.
The Mother I Never Knew is a poignant, dramatic book that reaches deep into the human heart to reveal what we really feel about those closest to us.
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Sudha Murty was born in 1950 in Shiggaon in north Karnataka. She did her MTech in computer science, and is now the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation. A prolific writer in English and Kannada, she has written novels, technical books, travelogues, collections of short stories and non-fictional pieces, and four books for children. Her books have been translated into all the major Indian languages. Sudha Murty was the recipient of the R.K. Narayan Award for Literature and the Padma Shri in 2006, and the Attimabbe Award from the government of Karnataka for excellence in Kannada literature in 2011.
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- Publication date2014
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