Maria, Just Maria

'A rare novel.' - S. HAREESH

'A must-read!' - DAISY ROCKWELL

Following the death of her grandfather, Maria has stopped speaking - not because she can't, but because she doesn't want to.

Now 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 ...