IRead Book Tours: The Storyteller’s Secret by Sejal Badani

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     Thanks to Iread Book Tours for an opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

    This book inspired me on so many levels. It awed me and surprised me too. The author herself is an amazing storyteller, because it takes only a storyteller to tell so much stories in a book. I highlighted so many quotes in this book. I learnt so many lessons. In short, I am absolutely overwhelmed.

“I will also advise that when they travel in their stories, they respect the people they meet and the values they hold. Their way of life is not for us to judge but our opportunity to learn.” She ignored the widening of the teacher’s eyes and ended with, “And to never forget that when you offer a hand of respect, you will in turn be welcomed.”

At first when I started reading, I was distracted and I wasn’t really into the story, but by the time I’d reach the part where Ravi told the story of Amisha, I just couldn’t stop reading, infact I kept on reading even while walking.

“We dream about what we don’t know. We turn those dreams into stories.”

This book tells us to follow our dreams, to keep dreaming and don’t stop. It tells us the different jobs our heart, mind and soul does.

“The heart and soul work on emotions. They don’t always stop to think about what is right or wrong, only what they want and need. So where do they get their direction?”

“That those who leave have a reason that is more powerful than the one to stay.”

It talks about the demeaning and subservient life the girls and women of india in those days lived. And it also shows the power in true love and also the sacrifices we have to pay to fulfil the longings and pullings of our heart.

“… Our minds guide us toward what is acceptable for us to create, protect, or destroy. And where does the brain get its intellect?”

I’d read this book again and again. Through this book, I transported to a different world I never knew existed. I sat with Ravi and Jaya as Ravi tells the story of that unforgettable storyteller who lived and touched lives with her stories.

“History shows us we need labels to help define our place. For hundreds of years, people have categorized others as less so they could feel like more. Color, gender, class, religion, physical handicaps, sexual orientation, and pedigree are just a few ways in which one group is divided from another. For every person who stands superior, another must be inferior. But what does it say of us as a human race when we push others down for our own needs?”

This book has my huge 4 stars.

I can’t wait to read more stories by Sejal. She is an epic Storyteller.

​A former attorney, Sejal Badani left the law to pursue writing full time.

She is a USA Today, Washington Post & Amazon Charts bestselling author, Goodreads Fiction Award Finalist and ABC/DISNEY Writing Fellowship Finalist.

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