It is said that contradiction is unthinkable; but the fact is that in the pain of a living being it is even an actual existence. - …It is said that contradiction is unthinkable; but the fact is that in the pain of a living being it is even an actual existence. - Hegel The Hegelian quote prefaces the book, which means that to bring out the contradictions deep ridden in subjective or abstract views and to explain them in a way that objective and specific views can be constructed that nevertheless retain in themselves what there was of truth in the original views. In other words, everything is contradictory, however, the binaries which we think to be contradictory in nature, actually complement each other. Is it possible then to write objectively about things or persons related to yourself? The author here takes the humungous and refutable task to capture the real woman, the one who existed independently from her. Does she eventually able to achieve what she wishes for? Well, it could only be determined by the readers of the book, and each reader may have her/ his own version of the truth as everything is inherently contradictory in nature then how could truth escape from it.link: sourceThe author here wants to write about the truth of her mother, in a particular immutable order but what truth she is thinking about and what particular order is the right one, is the order she finally chooses right one or there could be other possible orders too? And more importantly, what does she want to convey, if anything she wants to, at all? Since these harsh truths or orders of events happen with everyone or most of us but rarely do people reflect upon them the way the author has, so why does she do that? Perhaps she is somewhat more observant than we are, but does being a keen observer only fuel her soul with turmoil to write it down?Why does she write it, that’s a profound question? The emptiness we feel our bond with someone …