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    'Mirror Made of Rain' looks at how patterns of self-destruction are inherited

    Naheed Phiroze Patel's debut novel Mirror Made of Rain is out in the U.S. this week.
    by Jeevika Verma May 19, 2022 3 minutes
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    Indian author Naheed Phiroze Patel says she's always been drawn to unlikeable characters.

    So it's not surprising that Noomi, the strong-willed protagonist of her debut novel Mirror Made of Rain, has a lot of negative qualities.

    Noomi tends to do things that can be self destructive – in part due to a painful family history and parental neglect. Her parents' friends include high powered lawyers and business tycoons, whose children know no

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