I liked the review very much. So, I put it on my FB page. Thank you very much the review. W R Da Silva
On Sun, Sep 22, 2024 at 7:44 PM Tino de Sa <[email protected]> wrote: > > A beautifully written review, Selma. > And like every good review by a renowned writer, it makes me want to go out, > get the book and read it for myself - and see whether my reactions to it are > the same as, or differ from, those of the reviewer! > I recall her amused delight when, meeting her for the first time, I told her > that I'd read "A Daughter's Story" like it was a thriller, from cover to > cover in a matter of two or three days. "Alban, hear this," she called out to > her husband, "my book has been called many things, but it's the first time > anyone has called it a thriller!" > I was privileged to know D. Aurora fairly well, and visited her in her home > in Aldona a few times during my all too brief annual visits to Goa. During > one of these visits I left a copy of my manuscript of 'One for Sorrow, Two > for Joy' for her to read. A fortnight later she e-mailed me: "There is so > much detail, humour, pathos and a sense of both place and culture in your > stories." I was naturally thrilled with her compliment, and immediately wrote > back asking if I could use it as a blurb on the cover of my book, to which > she graciously and readily agreed. It was just days before the book went into > print, and I was adamant that the publisher modify the cover to add her > comment to those of Wendell Rodricks and Rajdeep Sardesai. > My regret was that she died just before I moved to Goa, and that I could not > spend time with her as I had intended, learning from her and picking her > brains on the vast swathe of topics that her conversation always encompassed. > Tino de Sa > > > On Sun, Sep 22, 2024 at 2:10 AM 'Carvalho' via Goa-Research-Net > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/reviewat-home-in-two-worlds-by-maria-aurora-couto-101726920029847.html >> >> >> All best wishes, >> Selma >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Goa-Research-Net" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/1683484890.5651379.1726939518390%40mail.yahoo.com. > > > > -- > Dr. Anthony de Sa, IAS (Retd), PhD, FRICS, MPA (Harvard) > Former Chief Secretary of Madhya Pradesh, > Former Chairman, MP Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) > Mobile (WhatsApp): +91-9810981818 > e-mail: [email protected] > [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Goa-Research-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAPf%3DrhuOua-mmbCj%2B6FTibaUQHecutF8ez6rcGbqYaUwDLLrYA%40mail.gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CA%2BvNr4%2BRyNUSetktdxkN-Ts%3D2Toeq-npjEcL%3Dw7TVcnLfrpM3g%40mail.gmail.com.
