The Atrophied Wife A book on urban middle class and family ties

This book is an all-weather good read, and will be available from May 25th at Sarasavi, Vijitha Yapa’s and Barefoot

MTE Ebell is a versatile writer with novels, short stories and poems published to her credit, and winner of the state literary award for best novel in 2014 and the same award for best short stories in 2008. In ‘The Atrophied Wife,’ she explores an urban middle class family network with all its foibles, short circuits and emergency repairs with understanding, warmth and good humour.  She is not squeamish about sex and shows its value as shock treatment after a major earthquake in family ties. This book is an all-weather good read, and will be available from May 25th at Sarasavi, Vijitha Yapa’s and Barefoot. Price Rs. 2500/= for 272 spicy pages.