Three Thousand Stitches

 


Name : Three Thousand Stitches
Author : Sudha Murty
    Year of Publication : 2017
    Genre : Non-fiction, Memoir, Self-improvement
    Rating : *** (3 stars out of 5)

Sudha Murty's pot-pourri of a book teaches valuable life lessons through the prism of her personal experiences. The chapters on rehabilitation of Devadasis and how her father saved a dying woman in a remote forest are especially touching. A light read which can be finished in hours, the book makes us appreciate the author's philanthropic work rather than her writing.

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