Em and The Big Hoom by Jerry Pinto My rating: 5 of 5 stars I picked this book up because I liked its cover and binding. I saw that it has won awards and title seemed interesting. This book was not at all what I had presumed; it's a tale of a nuclear family living in Mahim in 1bhk flat and the mother is mentally unstable. I could not find right words to describe this poignant story of Em, Big Hoom and their two children. How a son copes with his mother going from ups and downs of bipolar, schizophrenia, manic depressive states, how a love story starts just as a flirtatious gesture and goes on to become a great one, how a woman goes from eccentric to mad, how a husband keeps his calm and becomes a rock to his unstable wife. It's a story consisting of many stories and is made of real, hard-hitting emotions and practicality. Mr. Pinto, I can't even imagine how much of a soul you had to put in this story. Stories like these take something out of you, books like these change you. It did change me. View all my reviews