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Real Stories of Dealing With Depression | Simon & Schuster

Amrita Tripathi and Arpita Anand

How do you know if you’re depressed? For how long will you have to visit a therapist? This comprehensive guide to understanding, living with and overcoming depression seeks to answer these questions. With personal essays, practical tips and interviews of psychologists, it provides invaluable insight into the mental health illness.

In The Company Of Strangers | Simon & Schuster

Awais Khan

The debut novel explores the lives of Lahore’s beau monde and the seedy underbelly the glitter of their lives obscure. Bored in her golden prison, the protagonist, Mona, embraces glamour and drugs and falls for a young model, Ali, which threatens to unravel her life.

Boys From Good Families | Speaking Tiger

Usha K.R.

Ashwath, the lone son of a land-owning family in Bangalore, leaves for the US after his family rejects his lover. He initially enjoys the American dream, but when markets crash, he grapples with unemployment and loneliness, and decides to return to Bangalore, where he again gets entangled in conflicts with his family.