Tell Her Everything
{{Short description|2018 book}}
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Tell Her Everything is the third book by Mirza Waheed{{Cite web |last=Bhura |first=Sneha |title=Mirza Waheed on exploring intense father-daughter relationship in third book |url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/leisure/2019/04/05/mirza-waheed-on-exploring-intense-father-daughter-relationship-in-third-book.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=The Week India |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207071018/https://www.theweek.in/theweek/leisure/2019/04/05/mirza-waheed-on-exploring-intense-father-daughter-relationship-in-third-book.html |archive-date=2023-02-07 |url-status=live}} which was published in 2018 by Westland Books{{Cite book |last=Waheed |first=Mirza |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WsRKyAEACAAJ |title=Tell Her Every Thing |date=2018 |publisher=Westland |isbn=978-93-87578-89-0 |language=en}} and republished on 7 February 2023 by Melville House Publishing.{{Cite book |last=Waheed |first=Mirza |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ap18EAAAQBAJ |title=Tell Her Everything |date=2023-02-14 |publisher=Melville House |isbn=978-1-68589-043-8 |language=en}}
Critical reception
Jury of The Hindu Literary Prize described the book as "sensitive and complex", Saudamini Jain of Hindustan Times wrote: "Tell Her Everything is a sedate exploration of moral accountability, of the ethics and emotions of morality."{{Cite web |last=Jain |first=Saudamini |date=2019-06-21 |title=Review: Tell Her Everything by Mirza Waheed |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/review-tell-her-everything-by-mirza-waheed/story-Ylt7X8yGox5oyHoi73LJQO.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207065930/https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/review-tell-her-everything-by-mirza-waheed/story-Ylt7X8yGox5oyHoi73LJQO.html |archive-date=2023-02-07 |url-status=live}} Sanjay Sipahimalani of Scroll.in wrote "The author's third novel is the digressive first-person account of a doctor reliving a difficult past."{{Cite web |last=Sipahimalani |first=Sanjay |title='Tell Her Everything': Mirza Waheed's new novel affirms that we are all many shades of grey |url=https://scroll.in/article/915053/tell-me-everything-mirza-waheeds-new-novel-affirms-that-we-are-all-many-shades-of-grey |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207070701/https://scroll.in/article/915053/tell-me-everything-mirza-waheeds-new-novel-affirms-that-we-are-all-many-shades-of-grey |archive-date=2023-02-07 |url-status=live}}
The book has been also reviewed by Somak Ghoshal of Live Mint,{{Cite web |last=Ghoshal |first=Somak |date=2019-03-17 |title=Book Review: 'Tell Her Everything' by Mirza Waheed |url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com//news/talking-point/book-review-tell-her-everything-by-mirza-waheed-111641638643823.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=Live Mint |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207065803/https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/talking-point/book-review-tell-her-everything-by-mirza-waheed-111641638643823.html |archive-date=2023-02-07 |url-status=live}} Vaishna Roy of The Hindu,{{Cite news |last=Roy |first=Vaishna |date=2019-02-16 |title='Tell Her Everything' by Mirza Waheed reviewed by Vaishna Roy |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/tell-her-everything-by-mirza-waheed-the-life-and-times-of-doctor-k/article26269440.ece |access-date=2023-02-07 |issn=0971-751X |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207070050/https://www.thehindu.com/books/tell-her-everything-by-mirza-waheed-the-life-and-times-of-doctor-k/article26269440.ece |archive-date=2023-02-07 |url-status=live}} Suma Nagaraj of Deccan Chronicle,{{Cite web |last=Nagaraj |first=Suma |date=2019-03-24 |title=Book review: Tell Her Everything by Mirza Waheed |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/sunday-herald/sunday-herald-books/book-review-tell-her-everything-by-mirza-waheed-724665.html |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207070256/https://www.deccanherald.com/sunday-herald/sunday-herald-books/book-review-tell-her-everything-by-mirza-waheed-724665.html |archive-date=2023-02-07 |url-status=live}} and Karthik Shankar of HuffPost.{{Cite web |last=Shankar |first=Karthik |date=2019-03-05 |title=Book Review: Mirza Waheed's 'Tell Her Everything' Is A Twist On The Indian Immigrant Success Story |url=https://www.huffpost.com/archive/in/entry/book-review-mirza-waheed-s-tell-her-everything-is-a-twist-on-the-indian-immigrant-success-story_in_5c7e30a4e4b07fa0e234d278 |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=HuffPost |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207070518/https://www.huffpost.com/archive/in/entry/book-review-mirza-waheed-s-tell-her-everything-is-a-twist-on-the-indian-immigrant-success-story_in_5c7e30a4e4b07fa0e234d278 |archive-date=2023-02-07 |url-status=live}}
The book won 2019 The Hindu Literary Prize.{{Cite news |last=Krithika |first=R. |date=2020-03-25 |title=Santanu Das, Mirza Waheed win The Hindu Prize 2019 |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/santanu-das-mirza-waheed-win-the-hindu-prize-2019/article31168258.ece |access-date=2023-02-07 |issn=0971-751X |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207065246/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/santanu-das-mirza-waheed-win-the-hindu-prize-2019/article31168258.ece |archive-date=2023-02-07 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last1=Waheed |first1=Mirza |last2=Das |first2=Santanu |title=Mirza Waheed wins the Hindu Prize 2019 for fiction, Santanu Das for non-fiction |url=https://scroll.in/article/957280/mirza-waheed-wins-the-hindu-prize-2019-for-fiction-santanu-das-for-non-fiction |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=Scroll.in |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207070808/https://scroll.in/article/957280/mirza-waheed-wins-the-hindu-prize-2019-for-fiction-santanu-das-for-non-fiction |archive-date=2023-02-07 |url-status=live}}