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  • Luke & Lara
    Poornima Manco
    Two hearts. One impossible truth.When twelve-year-old Luke pulls Lara from the depths of a swimming pool, their bond is forged in water and fate. Growing up in the vibrant, chaotic heart of 1980s Delhi, the half-American, half-English boy and the shy, bookish Indian girl become inseparable-two outsiders navigating family expectations, cultural divides, and the fragile line betw...
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    17,78 €

  • Our Liminal Spaces
    Poornima Manco
    How well do we really know the people closest to us?In the burgeoning city of Gurgaon on the outskirts of Delhi, Radha, a young Indian wife, silently chafes against the suffocating strictures of her orthodox in-laws. Yearning to put her education to use, she feels trapped in the role of a dutiful wife, despite her deep love for her husband, Shyam. Her life takes an unexpected t...
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    19,32 €

  • Six - Strange Stories of Love
    Poornima Manco
    Could you live without love? Would you want to?Love can take on many forms, each as unique as the individuals who experience it. In this collection of stories, multiple hues of love are brought to life in vibrant detail.Discover the unlikely love of outcasts who find each other in unexpected ways, the hesitant hope of an evening’s encounter that could blossom into something mor...
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    11,70 €

  • Intersections
    Manco / Poornima Manco
    Intersections is a story of four young women whose paths diverge and crisscross throughout their lives, with strange and unforeseen consequences. It is an exploration of female friendship - of love, loyalty, betrayal and the emotional bonds between women. ...
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    20,26 €

  • Eight - Fantastical Tales From Here, There & Everywhere
    Poornima Manco
    What if... anything was possible?What really lurks beneath the humdrum and the mundane, the ubiquitous and the familiar? And what if you came face to face with it?Enter a world where goddesses descend to earth, mythical creatures materialise out of thin air, ghosts mean well, and limbs have minds of their own. In a series of tales that explore the fantastical and the surreal, t...
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    11,48 €

  • A Quiet Dissonance
    Poornima Manco
    Home. Is it a place or a feeling?When Anu and her family move to a small village in the English countryside, she is desperate to put down roots in her new community. To her dismay, not everyone is welcoming. Is it her? Must she change to fit in?In her quest for answers, she sets out to peel back the layers of her life, examining all that has made her who she is. Truth, she find...
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    17,02 €

  • Twelve - Stories From Around The World
    Poornima Manco
    Choices. Life offers us plenty. How do you know you chose correctly?From the streets of West Berlin to the lush tropical climes of Bali, from New Delhi to New York - these stories follow characters faced with choices that could send their lives in different and sometimes opposite directions.A daughter who wants more from life, a father who contemplates ending his; a love lost, ...
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    11,75 €

  • Holi Moly! & Other Stories
    Poornima Manco
    Can hope be found amidst despair?’Holi Moly! & Other Stories’ is a collection of tales filled with optimism, laughter, grit and resilience. Stories about everyday people who refuse to let life’s adversities bog them down. From a woman rediscovering herself in unusual circumstances to an older man finding purpose in his twilight years; from four friends holding each other up as ...
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    11,71 €

  • Parvathy’s Well & Other Stories
    Poornima Manco
    Love and hate. Secrets and lies. Innocence and betrayal. Are we all just the sum of our conflicts?A nine-year old girl stumbles upon a terrible secret, a young maidservant is trapped in drudgery, children bear witness to adult transgressions, outcasts of society scramble to find a place for themselves.These are six captivating short stories that take you on an Indian Odyssey. F...
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    6,29 €

  • Damage & Other Stories
    Poornima Manco
    Are damaged people destined to inflict damage?A young boy sidelined for being different, an artist unable to distance herself from her past, a famed actress past her prime, a Casanova who plays women but is acutely aware of his loneliness. These are some, amongst the various tales of damaged people seeking escape, fulfilment or acceptance.Some long, some short, these sixteen st...
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    12,77 €

  • The Intimacy of Loss
    Poornima Manco
    Can people splintered by tragedy become whole again?Puja is lost. Her past is filled with pain, her present is scarred by secrets and her future seems barren and unwelcoming.Unmoored, her only defence against the cruelty of life is retreat and isolation.Until a chance encounter forges an inexplicable bond. A relationship that transcends the barriers of age, class and family. A ...
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    8,20 €