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The HOUSE OF MAY FLOWERS: a tale from Kodagu Kindle Edition
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- Reading age8 - 18 years
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level4 - 12
- Publication date30 December 2021
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Product details
- ASIN : B09PHTCWJM
- Language : English
- File size : 923 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 227 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #11,449 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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About the author

Dr Geetha Kariappa is an educator by profession and a writer by passion; now a self-published author with a mission to entertain and inspire people through stories of her experiences, to lead a joyful life.
Born in Mysore, with a Post-grad degree in English from EFL University, Hyderabad and a doctorate in Literature from Mysore University, she has 22+ years of teaching and mentoring students. Fondly called Wordsmith by her students, Geetha has worn various hats of soft-skill trainer, verbal faculty, facilitator for corporates and a toastmaster. She is a crazy about books, sudoku, collecting coins and experimenting with food. A lazy blogger and an avid reader, she loves nature, day-dreaming and gardening, not in any order.
Geetha lives in Mysore and Kodagu with her husband. Her only son lives in California with his wife.
Geetha's debut book "The House of May Flowers" chronicles the coming of age and adventures of a typical Kodava guy born to riches. The folklores, traditions and the magic of Kodagu have seeped into her stories through and through. This is a book that invites scrutiny about a new culture at close quarters.
To know more about Geetha, follow her on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/geetakariappa
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The best thing about this book was that it was traditionally rich and introduced cultural beliefs and festivities excellently along with carrying out the philosophy on understanding and living life despite the turn of events.
The story starts with the little age of Raja and ends with the death of him. In this book we will read about different phases of Raja's life. The narration was quite captivating and make you hooked till the end.
The characters in the story was quite realistic and author portrayed them really well.
This book has all emotions sometimes you feel happy and sometimes sad just like our lives which has all emotions.
Cover of the book is really beautiful and the title suits the book really well.
By reading this book you will feel every emotion which touches your heart really well.
A family from Kodagu, Karnataka, serves as the focus of the narrative. Raja is descended from a powerful landowner in that region. Everything appears to be set and great for him until one day when he loses his father and is invited to move in with them at his uncle's house, away from his mother. He eventually loses his mother, and life keeps testing him. Although he is his father's legal heir, when he comes back to claim the gorgeous Mayflower estate years later, he discovers that nothing is under his control. The narrative keeps on as to how he handles both the routine tasks of every day life and the progressively emerging secrets. Every now and again, the plot takes an intriguing turn that keeps the audience guessing and on their toes.
The writing is not flawless. Some of the details might have used a little more polish. There were several sentences that possibly needed additional correction. However, the heart and spirit of this story more than makes up for the technical writing qualities.
‘The House of Mayflowers’ is one such story that sets an atmosphere right from the beginning and gives a rustic kind off vibe all through the book; simple yet engaging.
This is the story of ‘Raja’ from the time when he lost his father at the age of 8 until his own death.
He is the undisputed heir after his father of the lovely Mayflower estate which he so dearly loves but the possession of it is yet to pass on after a good number of years!
What unfolds in between are a few events that are highly tragic and disheartening.
Raja loves his mother with all his heart but is sent to his uncle’s place after the death of his father due to financial constraints (I personally didn’t like this part, for I felt his mother was capable enough to take care of Raja; she didn’t have to send him to his uncle’s house where we was treated rather badly).
The story keeps taking leaps into different phases of Raja’s life; like his marriage with Meena, after which he had a roughly good period in his life though it lasted only for a couple of years as an incident took place that changed his life mentally.
Then come in Raja’s children who don’t care a damn of what is to happen to him or their mother, Meena. It reminded me of the movie ‘Baghban’ and I felt so frustrated at their children’s behaviour!
Overall, the story is quite sad because there are a lot of emotional hardships that Raja faces and if you’re a sensitive person you’ll feel a little something stir within you.
So would I suggest this book?
Yes, I would but not to everyone. The narration is exemplary but it isn’t a kind of book that would be liked by all.
As for me, I personally found it to be a good and an emotional read that has sprinkles of nostalgia!