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Chetna Maroo’s ‘Western Lane’ is on Booker Prize longlist

Readers, here’s a book to add to the cart now!

It’s time to add a new book to the August reading list, and it is Chetna Maroo’s Western Lane. Did you know the book is on Book Prize 2023’s longlist and this is Maroo’s debut novel?

The story of Western Lane revolves around eleven-year-old Gopi, whose life journey makes you sit back in silence and reflect. The innocence and the fluidity makes it a smooth read. It is coming of age and is deeply introspective. The book helps one know oneself, and reflect on the ebbs and flows that make an individual’s journey his or her story.

Buy the book here.

— Pooja Mitra

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