ABOUT THE BOOK

"Manjula Rao captures the flaws and beauty of the young in pleasant and straightforward writing and presents to you a story filled with love and acceptance. This book is what you need to read to remind yourself of the simpler times of how it was to be young and in love." -Times Of India Welcome to Gurukul, an elite school in the coastal town of Mansar. Kunal is most sought after rich Gujarati guy with killer grins and easy-going charm. Viren, his close friend, is a soft-spoken and academically bright guy. Both are on the brink of eighteen. Enter beautiful fourteen-year-old tennis champ Ananya, the new girl. For both Kunal and Viren, it is love at first sight. Kunal's persistence puts Viren on the back foot. Ananya writes Kunal off as snobbish and arrogant, yet he constantly crosses lanes to woo her. Circumstances force them to part ways. A decade later, the alumni reunite. Ananya is beautiful as ever but reclusive and mysterious. Kunal and Viren are older and wiser. What happens when Ananya's terrifying past unravels before them? Does she have a future with one of them? Read on for blushes, gushes, crushes, and fulfilled school days and nostalgia.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

The author is an educator who holds a Master's degree in Computer Science and a Bachelor's degree in Education. This is her second novel. Her first short story was a part of an anthology 'A life I lived'. Her first work of non-fiction 'Being a tourist' was a part of the anthology "The big bang of non-fiction'. Her third yet to be published novel 'Malhara - Torrential rains' was one of the finalists in the 'LitMart' event of Bangalore literature festival. She lives in Bangalore.