Gilmore Girls meets

vibrant New Delhi in this thoughtful and hilarious new novel about a teen

facing family expectations, relationship complications, and hidden secrets in a

new country—sprinkled with Sheba Karim’s signature wit and steamy romance, and

perfect for readers who loved Mary H. K. Choi’s Emergency

Contact and Adib Khorram’s Darius

the Great Is Not Okay.

To cure her post-senior year

slump, made worse by the loss of her aunt Sonia, Noreen decides to follow her

mom on a gap year trip to New Delhi, hoping India can lessen her grief and

bring her voice back.

In the world’s most polluted

city, Noreen soon meets kind, handsome Kabir, who introduces her to the wonders

of this magical, complicated place. With the help of Kabir—plus Bollywood

celebrities, fourteenth-century ruins, karaoke parties, and Sufi saints—Noreen discovers

new meanings for home.

But when a family scandal erupts,

Noreen and Kabir must face complex questions in their own relationship: What

does it mean to truly stand by someone—and what are the boundaries of love?