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coming 8.12.25 (preorder now)

People love a rags-to-riches story but hate a woman who lied to get ahead.
"A brilliant, thrilling ride…An engrossing story about ambition, wealth, identity, and the weight of secrets."
—Namrata Patel, The Curious Secrets of Yesterday
"Mansi Shah does it again with a powerful exploration on finding your true identity and how far one woman would go in order to climb to the top."
—Lyn Liao Butler, The Fourth Daughter
"An insightful, powerful, and deeply affecting novel that firmly establishes Shah as a major voice in contemporary fiction."
—Paulette Kennedy, The Devil & Mrs. Davenport

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a good indian girl

Life's more fun when you ditch the recipe.

the direction of the wind

A heartfelt story that spans continents and generations, about a young woman who searches for answers about a mother she barely remembers.

the taste of ginger

In Mansi Shah’s stunning debut novel, a family tragedy beckons a first-generation immigrant to the city of her birth, where she grapples with her family’s past in search of where she truly belongs.

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