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Book Review: Mrs Funnybones- By Twinkle Khanna

                Image result for Twinkle Khanna Writer    By Suryalaxmi R.                 
                
         Twinkle Khanna, former actress and a star wife, began her second innings as a writer while she is also an interior designer. She juggles work and a young family of an eleven years old son and a toddler daughter while she has her star mother, mother-in-law, sisters- in- law and many more important people in the backdrop. Of course, the fun relationship she shares with her super star husband, Akshay Kumar is also very interesting.

              So Twinkle's book Mrs Funny Bones promises us a sneak-peak into her celebrity life, the motherhood saga and her strong observations about life, world and womanhood. More than anything else she promises loads of humour. So, the big question is -is she really funny?
             Well, yes! The former actress does crack few witty jokes while dealing with mundane matters of daily life in a light vein and makes us look at life from her perspective which is fun and sprightly. She can make you laugh. We know that since she has been writing for Times Of India Blogs. But can she tell a story? I doubt. At least in this book, she has no story to tell. She simply talks about her life and the book gets weary towards the end. But you will surely not be disappointed to read this one as you will actually crack up aloud on a few occasions. She is the kind of writer who doesn't have much to tell but whatever she tells she does that in a very interesting manner and gets you engrossed in it.
            Subject Matter: Twinkle 's subject ranges from her struggles to maintain her diet, dealing with the growing demands of her teenager son, meeting the expectations of being a home maker and a celeb.. and with that she also struggles to stay young and fit. Sounds very trivial right? Well, such are the matters she drives her humour from and at times she does make them sound like larger than life issues. She also touches the topic of stigma related to menstruation in our country and feminism and more in a light way.
          Narration style: Her narration style is the best thing about the book. She is witty and keeps us absorbed and does full justice to the subject matter she chooses to write on.
And yes she makes us laugh as well.. here are some examples-- “Menstruating doesn’t cause pickles to spoil, temples to collapse or food to rot, nor is it contagious, though it would be rather nice to infect the male population with this so-called ‘curse’ for a month or two, just to sit back and view what I am sure would be a highly entertaining spectacle.” 
“After fourteen years of matrimony, I have discovered that hoping your other half telepathically reads your mind only leads to someone wanting to punch the other one in the face.” 
           There are interesting illustrations and crisp writing techniques that makes the book very easy to read.
           The editing is superb as is expected from penguin publishers.
           Few good phrases to add to your vocab- au revoir, surreptitiously
           The downside- starting on an interesting and funny note, the readers start expecting more as they turn the pages but as you reach the middle, you discover that the tone, subjects are all more or less the same as there is no progression in the story because there is no story anyway.
Gradually your interest for humour also comes down and the book suffers from lack of story.

         Last Word: Grab this book for a light, easy breezy read. Also if you like to have a sneak peak into celeb life.

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