About the Book: Sometimes the wrong turns lead us exactly where we need to be. This poignant contemporary fiction novel follows Tashi on an unexpected three-week mother-daughter road trip across India. Travelling from the beaches and haunted mansions of Goa to Kerala’s backwaters and Pondicherry’s surf breaks, Tashi confronts painful questions about abandonment, identity, family, and belonging. As her unpredictable mother re-enters her life, Tashi searches for closure while her best friend Dhruv faces a crisis of his own back in Nainital. A heartfelt story of family, friendship, love, loss, healing, and self-discovery.