Caught in the turbulent gyre of social norms and expectations, between passion, ambition and her own dreams, a twenty-four year old young girl, once deemed flawed, suddenly vanishes at the height of her popularity. But her talent is the only thing she takes along with her. She resurfaces under a mysterious name and an enigmatic identity in the city of love, Paris.
Beginning her new life as a ghost-writer in one of France’s most well-known publishing houses, she understands that life has sent her to this new city with a different purpose. And smiling through her tears, she decides to take up the mantle and spread happiness and smiles, forgetting her own dilemmas. And in this journey of love, loss and self-realization, she abandons her quest for answers, believing that time will sort out things for themselves. But will this world ever grant her the release she has prayed for so long or will the past catch up with her in this race against time? Life would never prove to be that easy for someone who had dared to choose the road less taken.
Robin Tonsierge, driven into hatred and denial after the death of his beloved wife, eight years ago, is a merciless boss. Ken Aggarwal, a rising fashion model and a close friend is battling the odds of life as a drug addict. Simran Dixit, a successful ambitious bureaucrat, is caught in a troubled marriage. And Tariqah takes it upon herself to sort out their lives, be the torch-bearer and dismantle the notions ingrained in the constitutions of a stereotypical society. It is then that she understands that her talent is also her burden. Would the girl who was meant to live and then leave, rewrite their destinies and move on with the memories she had carried with her when she left Delhi three and half years ago? Or would she allow herself to be swept away by the illusory trance of love embedded in friendship? How would she free these tired souls and set them on new paths before she took her final departure? And who was she? Why are we here to talk about a girl whose identity remains a mystery till the final pages, a girl hypnotic, intelligent and beautifully broken? And how would her final decision prove be her catharis?
This is a philosophical novel that probes the deeper questions of what the real meaning of a life well lived is all about. Stitching together lives that were never meant to meet, destinies not meant to cross, it is a work that will force the reader to question the actual meaning of perfection and flaws, of life and love, of memories and forgiveness. And in the end it shall bring you a striking realization – that one soul could be the symphony of a thousand other souls. That some souls are born to live till eternity, reborn as stars, for stars never die.
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