Mrs Funnybones: She's just like You and a lot like Me

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Twinkle Khanna seems like an absolutely Word-wise, quite frank and impish personality which is reflected in her extremely satirical Mrs Funnybones! We then turn into the long private road that leads to our building when the rickshaw driver suddenly says, ‘Madam, that hero Akshay Kumar used to live here but now he lives in Bandra.

If she would have taken up writing since her debut in films, she would have been an established author by now having a few movies up her sleeve based on her books. Reacting to it, Twinkle had then revealed why she chose to name herself Mrs Funnybones - because she literally broke a lot of bones, almost every year. I found myself sneakily reading a few pages during office breaks, only to dissolve into giggles that I could hardly explain to my colleagues. Funnybones isn't just about few incidences in the life of the author but if you come to think of it, more or less, it's a part and parcel of every women's life at least in India.

Khanna said that the main characters in the book are "a few facts, a little fiction, a few decaying brain cells, and a couple of old bones into my brewing cauldron of words.

She talks about the life in general, bitches about her mom and mother-in-law, jokes about her oh-so-perfect man of the house, desi Jeeves and made me think through her wit.The book is not very long, does not require the reader to do any thinking, since it’s so light and refreshing. But, the book proves to be a light-hearted much-needed break for readers whose life is filled with heavy routine, nagging relatives, demanding jobs or marriage to laugh at nonsensical random stuff.

In these 26 chapters marked A-Z which is unique since she has managed to start every chapter with letter corresponding to the chapter number. Each day that you persist in a situation where you are miserable is a day wasted on the path that would lead you to happiness.Early on, in filmy fashion, she distances herself from the “autobiographical” nature of the book, its embellishments, she warns people, real and somewhat imagined, are not entirely true to her life. In this book, her husband is referred as the man of the house, her son as the prodigal son, her little daughter as the baby, which I find amusing and different.

Establishing early on that she’s done with her acting life that comes from her husband, the superstar, Akhsay Kumar saying, “You can’t act” and her agreeing to it, Twinkle has donned the role of a modern wife, who works in her swanky office, takes care of her kids (one of whom is still in diapers) and vacations abroad every June. Twinkle Khanna, aka Mrs Funnybones, crafts satirical stories and funny fables when she is not running a design business, selling candles or running in circles around her small but rather odd family. There can be no doubt from “Mrs Funnybones: She’s Just Like You and A Lot Like Me” that Twinkle Khanna is intelligent and witty. At first I thought the basic idea behind this novel somewhat resembled to Moni Mohsin's Butterfly but I was hence proved wrong when I read it.

So it got me thinking, had this book been written by a not so famous person would it still be so well received? I also occasionally follow the same in the TOI but getting it all consolidated was a superb experience! every night i would take this book with me on bed and read till i fall asleep with happy thoughts in mind. Although] this book is delight to read, it at times gets a little repetitive with the inclusion of some of her columns that have appeared in newspapers.