The Little Flower Girl (English, Paperback, W

About the Book: The Little Flower Girl A story teller unravels the extraordinary stories of someordinary people.

On our journey through life we meet so manypeoplemany we forget but some leave memories that refuse to fadeaway.

This is a collection of true storiesof actual meetings andencounters that the author had with these people over the years asa journalist.

The 11yearold flower seller with her unfulfilleddreams, the gay men forced into lives of heterosexualunhappiness, the heartwrenching stories of abandoned HIV positivechildren whom noone wants to adopt.

There are poignant stories ofold women in old age homes.

Among the exploited prostitutes therestands out Sandhya who proudly describes how being a sexworker hasenabled her to educate and marry off her siblings.

Poor homelesspavement dwellers live together amicably regardless of theirreligion.

One old lady tells the author:"here everyone has only onecaste Ezhari jaati(the caste of the poor).

Yet what shines throughthese stories isnt despair but hope and triumph of the human spiritagainst all odds.

About the Author: Shobha Warrier Shobha Warrier works as the Associate Editorial Director .

She is also a short story writer in Malayalam, havingpublished three collections Ramakundam, Meghana and Jalavidya.

Shewas awarded the Lalithambika Antharjanam award for the young womanwriter in Malayalam in 1996 for the book Jaalavidya.

Her shortstories have been translated into Kannada and Telugu.