You will like it

Amma pressed the PaybookClub invitation into my hands, her eyes twinkling with mischief. "You will like it," she whispered, though I'd resisted joining my cousins' virtual book circle for months. That evening, discussing Tamil literature with diaspora members worldwide, something shifted. We debated Srirangam's temples through ancestral memories, shared recipes between chapters, laughed at inside jokes only we understood. By month's end, I'd reconnected with roots I'd forgotten existed, woven into conversations across continents. Amma smiled knowingly when I asked which book we'd discuss next. Some bridges built through stories become family.