The Mother Sun- Blog Tour

 

Author: Sui Annukka

Publisher: Audible Originals 

Publishing Date: 25th May 2023 

Many thanks to audible and Midas for my copy of the book and a spot on the tour 

Blurb 

Sent on a marketing conference from Sri Lanka to London by her boss, Surya is supposed to be enjoying a change of scene after a tragedy that has left her grief stricken and lost – and compulsively fixated on a long-buried, shameful episode from her past.

Finding herself in the same city as the boy she birthed for an English couple seventeen years ago – in exchange for the money that paid her college tuition – Surya is prepared to risk everything for a glimpse of him.

Surya promises herself that she will be satisfied with just seeing her boy and knowing that he is safe and well. But when she tracks him down and follows him to work at a local café, she is left with more questions than answers. Why has he dropped out of school? Why is he at odds with the world? As they get chatting and he offers to give her a tour of London, she can’t resist the chance to get to know him better.

Forced to confront her past, Surya starts to navigate a way beyond her feelings of guilt, shame, and grief, towards a hopeful future – but what will happen when the boy finds out who she is? Could finding all she ever wanted mean losing everything for a second time?

My Thoughts

This was so well spoken. It was short at 6 hours narrated in comparison to longer audios, which for me was perfect. I was able to listen to it fully in a few days and it was easy to navigate back to a section if I wanted to re-listen. 

The characters are really well crafted and I felt invested in them. The development of each character and their importance to the plot really came through, which I always find difficult with audio books. 

The story is heartbreaking in some parts and the narration was well done that you go on this journey with them and can really feel the emotions. But the book also had some humour and really loving parts too 

It geared towards loss and how going forward you have to accept and comes term with the grief that ebbs and flows within you. But also on how to face it when it comes around when you least expect it. We get some insight in to Sri Lanka and the culture and its norm which was very useful in the storytelling. Also the stigma and stereotypes even within the communities are held and the implications theses have when you try to break through to curate a different life. 

I am really interested to see what the author brings forward next!