{"product_id":"maria-just-maria","title":"Maria, Just Maria","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing the death of her grandfather, Maria has stopped speaking - not because she can't, but because she doesn't want to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow in a psychiatric hospital, as she begins the process of 'reconnecting with reality', Maria recalls her journey of being 'just Maria' - a girl born into a Syrian Christian family in Kerala, whose companions were a grandfather who took her along to wander around the village and its toddy shops, a great-aunt with dementia who challenged Maria's position as the youngest in the family, a dog with a penchant for philosophy, various long-dead family members including a great-grandmother with a knack for prophecies, a patron saint who insisted on interfering in people's affairs, and Karthav Eesho Mishiha with whom Maria has regular conversations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSandhya Mary's novel Maria, Just Maria - masterfully translated by the award-winning Jayasree Kalathil - is an insightful and humorous take on ideas like normal-abnormal, natural-human, love-hate, etc. that define contemporary society, and the exuberant and moving story of a woman trying to find her place in this world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sandhya Mary, Jayasree Kalathil","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964646584367,"sku":"9789356993778","price":499.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/6428\/9071\/files\/9789356993778.jpg?v=1771335110","url":"https:\/\/lunabooks.in\/products\/maria-just-maria","provider":"Luna Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}