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Gilmore Girls meets vibrant New Delhi in this thoughtful and hilarious new novel about a teen facing family expectations, relationship complications, and hidden secrets in a new country - sprinkled with Sheba Karim's signature wit and steamy romance, and perfect for readers who loved Mary H. K. Choi's Emergency Contact and Adib Khorram's Darius the Great Is Not Okay. To cure her post-senior year slump, made worse by the loss of her aunt Sonia, Noreen decides to follow her mom on a gap year trip to New Delhi, hoping India can lessen her grief and bring her voice back.In the world's most polluted city, Noreen soon meets kind, handsome Kabir, who introduces her to the wonders of this magical, complicated place. With the help of Kabir - plus Bollywood celebrities, fourteenth-century ruins, karaoke parties, and Sufi saints - Noreen discovers new meanings for home.
About the Author
Sheba Karim is the author of Mariam Sharma Hits the Road (Harper Collins June 2018) , the first South Asian-American YA road trip novel, and That Thing We Call a Heart (Harper Collins May 2017) , which was named a Best Contemporary Teen Read of 2017 by Kirkus Reviews. She is also the author of Skunk Girl (FSG 2009) and the editor of Alchemy: The Second Tranquebar Book of Erotic Short Stories (Tranquebar Press 2012) . Find out more at www.shebakarim.com.
