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My So-Called Bollywood Life
by Nisha Sharma
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My So-Called Bollywood Life
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Book Information
Title: My So-Called Bollywood Life
Author: Nisha Sharma
Genre: YA
Publisher: Stripes Books
Bollywood film fanatic Winnie has grown up believing the future is written in the stars. Her family's pandit predicted she would find the love of her life before her eighteenth birthday. So when her relationship with Raj collapses, despite him meeting all the criteria, Winnie is lost. This is not how her perfect ending is scripted.
Then fellow film geek Dev challenges Winnie to look beyond her horoscope: is taking the future into her own hands the way to find her happily ever after? To get the perfect ending, Winnie will need a little bit of help from fate, family and, of course, a Bollywood movie star.
A fate-filled debut sure to dazzle fans of Stephanie Perkins, Maureen Johnson and Sandhya Menon.
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Excerpt
“He wouldn’t speak to me, Mom. Not even at film club. He isn’t Pandit Ohmi’s answer to my destiny. Not anymore. I know you really wanted that—I sort of wanted that too—but we’re not meant to be.”
“Well, not if you don’t try. Destiny needs to be believed in for it to come true.”
The problem was that Winnie didn’t want to believe in her destiny anymore. She knew arguing with her mother was useless. They were never going to see eye to eye on this issue. She dropped into one of the chairs at the kitchen table set with three place settings and a covered dish. Winnie grabbed the water jug and poured herself a glass.
Her mother put one roti and a serving of vegetables on her plate before pressing a kiss on the top of Winnie’s head and settling down across from her. A moment later her father joined the table as well.
They ate for almost five full minutes before her father spoke. His tone was calmer than her mother’s.
“Winnie, beta,” he said. “You know this could have hurt your chances of getting into NYU.”
“I know.”
“And?”
“And my dream school is so much more important to
me than revenge, but I needed to do this. To take back something of mine. Like every Ranbir Kapoor movie that ever existed.”
Her father rolled his eyes. “I seem to recall that every Ranbir Kapoor movie was more about running away from problems instead of starting over.”
“What? So not true!”
Winnie was about to launch into her list of examples when her mother brought her hand down like an ax.
“Fine,” Winnie said. “But Dad’s wrong.”
“I’m never wrong. And if you don’t think about getting into NYU first, you’re going to lose what you’ve worked so hard for, before you even have a chance at it.”
“Focusing on your future means focusing on your match too,” her mother added. “It was practically handed to you on a silver thaali.” She gestured like she was holding a platter up for Winnie. “Not all of us have the luxury of pursuing career and marriage equally.”
Talk about added pressure. Her dad had given up film school to marry her mom because of the prophecy. A part of her wanted to get into film school for him as well. He never said anything about it, but if she could show him that she’d succeeded for both of them, maybe he’d feel as if he was getting his dream too. Winnie remembered Pandit Ohmi’s words and his assurance that her father would be proud of her regardless, but she still wasn’t sure that was enough.
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Author Bio
Nisha Sharma grew up immersed in Bollywood movies, eighties pop culture and romance novels, so it comes as no surprise that her first novel MY SO-CALLED BOLLYWOOD LIFE features all three. Nisha credits her father for her multiple graduate degrees, and her mother for her love of Shah Rukh Khan and Jane Austen. She lives in New Jersey with her Alaskan husband, her cat Lizzie Bennett and her dog Nancey Drew.
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