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This novel is a deeply affecting story of Freya who has come into the world with profound neurological disabilities. The birth of the imperfect child, especially one profoundly ill, marks a point of grief for the old life and a deep mourning for old dreams. Anna and Tobias are soon forced to understand the cruel division of loving their child, but knowing they will lose her prematurely. Through the book they take in turn their attempts to deny the bond. In a brash effort, they take move to a ruined manse in France in order to pursue the dreams that remain. Obviously, one goal is a mouse proof kitchen that will never come true.

The author notes that while the book is fiction, the child is based on her own child. The parents in the book are a world different than she and her partner, yet each approach is a struggle to deal with this most difficult of blessings. As Anna's mother says, "You can't cheat fate." These characters make some choices that wouldn't be my choices, but they are choices motivated by their fear of a love that will most certainly break their hearts. Their parallel efforts with their home provide a great metaphor for the rest of their lives, and they happen to be amusing and interesting. I found this book to be a love story, but not a fairy tale one, a real life love story.


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The MouseProof Kitchen A Novel Saira Shah Books Reviews

Many, many times as an NICU RN, I have sent home, finally after a long, roller coaster, struggle a baby that will need round the clock care in order to live. Usually knowing that the time that child has to live will not be for a normal lifespan. The care will be exhausting and never ending. I found the emotions of Anna and Tobias not to be alarming, but very real.
I could not put this book down! Ms. Shah tells the story of a couple faced with raising a daughter with very severe disabilities. The story is initially very sad, but the ending is so uplifting and emotional! The difficulties and how the couple and their family and friends deal with the multitude of issues is addressed very positively and beautifully. Truly a wonderful story!
A young couple trying to follow their pre-baby plans while trying to cope with their fears of letting theirselves fall in love with her. Both cope in different ways at different times. Sometimes pulling back from each other and their child, sometimes feeling so much love it hurts them to think she won't survive. This is a brutally honest portrayal of want goes through the minds of parents of handicapped children; some rarely expressed out loud.
I started out giving 5 stars, it was a story I couldn't put down. A chef has a baby born with problem (to say lots more about that might be a plot spoiler), and starts over with her husband in a crumbling chateau in the French countryside. Some of the plot turns became a little bit hard to believe in, hence the 4 stars. But I did enjoy the writing, and the premise.
This is what happens when you take a severely disabled child and move from the UK with it's National Health Service and move to a rundown house in rural France. The parents of the child aren't perfect and their flaws are exacerbated bu all the problems they have trying to raise and protect their daughter while coping with the old house. Some of the plot twists seem a little forced and the mother has more energy than any new mother ever has. But I stayed with it and the ending brought it to a satisfactory conclusion. Should be required reading for any parent with a disabled child.
Saira Shah's novel "The Mouse-Proof Kitchen" is a tale of love, marriage, and parenthood. The author explores the relationship between a mother and her unhealthy child, and between the mother and the father.

The writing style is excellent. The novel is emotionally touching throughout. But it isn't all sadness - there are brilliant humourous moments and wonderful descriptions of the South of France.

I recommend this as a thought-provoking and enjoyable read.

John Christmas, author of "Democracy Society"
Saira is the daughter of her remarkable father Idries Shah, perhaps the most seminal thinker and author of the last century. If what I said seems to you excessive, just check out one or two of his books and you will be captivated.

In her books Saira applies flexibility of thought which she learned from her father and which other readers can also glean from Idries Shah's books.
In an easy form of teaching stories, humor or Q&A he leads the reader on a journey of psychological self-discovery.

Saira, who also wrote other delightful books and made documentaries (like the once famous Beneath the Veil about the true nature of the Taliban menace and their treatment of women), now presents her struggle in the extremely difficult situation of settling in a foreign country with her brain-damaged daughter and her boyfriend. Watching her we learn a lot about ourselves, especially the parts we would rather not acknowledge.

Her father says in one of his book that virtually everybody is composed as if of a pig, a dog, a devil and only lastly - an angel. I was not ready to face it until I read his other books.
This novel is a deeply affecting story of Freya who has come into the world with profound neurological disabilities. The birth of the imperfect child, especially one profoundly ill, marks a point of grief for the old life and a deep mourning for old dreams. Anna and Tobias are soon forced to understand the cruel division of loving their child, but knowing they will lose her prematurely. Through the book they take in turn their attempts to deny the bond. In a brash effort, they take move to a ruined manse in France in order to pursue the dreams that remain. Obviously, one goal is a mouse proof kitchen that will never come true.

The author notes that while the book is fiction, the child is based on her own child. The parents in the book are a world different than she and her partner, yet each approach is a struggle to deal with this most difficult of blessings. As Anna's mother says, "You can't cheat fate." These characters make some choices that wouldn't be my choices, but they are choices motivated by their fear of a love that will most certainly break their hearts. Their parallel efforts with their home provide a great metaphor for the rest of their lives, and they happen to be amusing and interesting. I found this book to be a love story, but not a fairy tale one, a real life love story.